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Re:How my life was changed when I began caring about the peo... by UrMomReadsHN on Friday January 09, 2015 @12:47PM (#8863285)
>I think the problem a lot of people have is that it feels a lot like we're saying everyone is racist, which feels a lot like an attack

And the article I linked to says that. Individuals don't MEAN to be racist (or sexist, etc.) but are, because culture gives us biases. Addressing unintended racism is hard, because it isn't visible. We aren't attacking individuals.

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Re:How my life was changed when I began caring about the peo... by doorhammer on Friday January 09, 2015 @02:43PM (#8864034)
Yeah. Implicit bias is tough. For anyone interested, there's a quick rundown here:

http://med.stanford.edu/diversity/FAQ_REDE.html

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