There’s actually been some interesting studies done in this are, but it’s a difficult problem to combat because you have to genuinely be aware of the bias and work to combat it on a personal level.
it’s a difficult problem to combat because you have to genuinely be aware of the bias and work to combat it on a personal level.
I'm still waiting for psychology to be taught as core curricula throughout grade school. Then biases like that would be common knowledge.
But since psychology isn't taught in grade school, the vast majority of the public are completely unaware of such biases. Most people learn it randomly online or in a book, but these people are few.
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u/Paloma_II Oct 11 '18
It’s actually a common societal problem that permeates everything from hiring and firing to promotions and policing. People subconsciously give preferential treatment to those that remind them of themselves and the first step to that is usually looking somewhat like them (i.e. race).
There’s actually been some interesting studies done in this are, but it’s a difficult problem to combat because you have to genuinely be aware of the bias and work to combat it on a personal level.