Category: Racial Attitude Awareness

Looking into the eyes of the law after the death of Philando Castile

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“I wasn’t reaching for it.”  The last words of Mr. Philando Castile were to his defense.  He wasn’t doing anything wrong and according to him, he wasn’t going to.  Still, he was shot and killed by a Minnesota police officer in front of his distraught girlfriend, Diamond and her four year old daughter. Dead after a traffic […]

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Project Implicit

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Founded in 1998, Project Implicit seeks to aid us in uncovering and understanding our unconscious biases.  The group has created several tests that include race, weight, disability and religion.  Their goal is “educate the public about hidden biases and to provide a virtual laboratory for collecting data on the Internet.” While the test is not […]

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