Science's Role in Reducing US Racial Tensions

The US is embroiled in fights, debates, riots, and sit-ins over racial injustice. Most recently the police deaths in Dallas have degenerated the relationship between police and public to an unprecedented low. To make matters worse, the presidential campaign and election of Donald J. Trump has uncove...

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Published in:Issues in science and technology 2017-01, Vol.33 (2), p.21-23
Main Author: WOODSON, THOMAS S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrators
Analysis
Arrests
Beliefs
Bias
Buildings
Colleges & universities
Cultural Context
Elections
Gender Discrimination
Injustice
Minority & ethnic groups
Minority groups
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Mythology
Peer review
PERSPECTIVES
Police
Presidential elections
Presidents
Race
Race relations
Racial Discrimination
Racial Relations
Racism
Rationality
Riots
Safety
Science
Scientists
Sensitivity
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Social aspects
Social Problems
Society
Stereotypes
Studies
Syphilis
Training
Transportation safety
Trump, Donald J
Violence
Workforce
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Summary:The US is embroiled in fights, debates, riots, and sit-ins over racial injustice. Most recently the police deaths in Dallas have degenerated the relationship between police and public to an unprecedented low. To make matters worse, the presidential campaign and election of Donald J. Trump has uncovered a racist undercurrent in the US that has caused many people from minority groups to fear for their safety. In academia, a variety of race-related issues at Georgetown University, Princeton University, the University of Oklahoma, and the University of Missouri, have caused administrators to resign, buildings to be renamed, and training on racial sensitivity to be mandated. The science on stereotypes, implicit bias, and rationality challenges these beliefs and shows that implicit biases can contradict conscious intentions and that humans display preferences at subconscious levels. As a result, scientists should continually remind the public and other scientists that we are subject to implicit biases.
ISSN:0748-5492
1938-1557