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Re:How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change by lliamander on Monday June 01, 2020 @05:20PM (#23383984)
Your other suggestions may be good, but implicit bias training is a bad idea. The correlation between implicit bias and discriminatory behavior is weak to non-existent[1].

[1]https://www.chronicle.com/article/Can-We-Really-Measure-Impl...

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Re:How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change by smogcutter on Monday June 01, 2020 @06:03PM (#23384511)
Yeah, implicit bias training is snake oil. It’s something they can pay consultants for to look like they’re taking action, without asking any difficult questions about the structure of the department.
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