Biased - Jennifer L. Eberhardt, PhD

Biased

By Jennifer L. Eberhardt, PhD

  • Release Date: 2019-03-26
  • Genre: Social Science
Score: 3.5
3.5
From 96 Ratings

Description

"Poignant....important and illuminating."—The New York Times Book Review

"Groundbreaking."—Bryan Stevenson, New York Times bestselling author of Just Mercy

From one of the world’s leading experts on unconscious racial bias come stories, science, and strategies to address one of the central controversies of our time


How do we talk about bias? How do we address racial disparities and inequities? What role do our institutions play in creating, maintaining, and magnifying those inequities? What role do we play? With a perspective that is at once scientific, investigative, and informed by personal experience, Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt offers us the language and courage we need to face one of the biggest and most troubling issues of our time. She exposes racial bias at all levels of society—in our neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, and criminal justice system. Yet she also offers us tools to address it. Eberhardt shows us how we can be vulnerable to bias but not doomed to live under its grip. Racial bias is a problem that we all have a role to play in solving.

Reviews

  • Great read

    5
    By kate24s
    Very captivating, well written novel. I’m glad I stumbled upon it and have already recommended it to friends and loved ones.
  • Biased

    5
    By REFriedman
    A book that helps us face the injustice of this world, and to see through it to our humanity and hope. Scientific, realistic, heuristic. Beautifully written and thought
  • Great, Insightful Read

    5
    By Swantego
    Incredible timely. Great read for anyone looking to better uncover both the social and scientific roots of prejudice.
  • An Academic Achievment

    5
    By basszach17
    Often, implicit bias finds itself the subject of stump speech material, rather than intellectual conversation. Unfortunately, this has resulted in many people shying away from wanting to learn more about our brains, and how cultural bias impacts our decision-making. This book approaches the subject with scientific neutrality and brilliance. It carefully examines and distinguishes bias from racism. Read this book.