A new book, “America’s Growing Inequality: The Impact of Poverty and Race,” includes a chapter by Eva Paterson on Litigating Implicit Bias. The article outlines the urgent need for our courts to depart from an archaic disposition towards racism, which requires plaintiffs alleging discrimination to prove the intent to discriminate – not just that discriminationContinueContinue reading “Chapter by Eva Paterson on Litigating Implicit Bias in New Book, ‘America’s Growing Inequality’”
Category Archives: Implicit Bias
NY Times Editorial: Professors are Prejudiced, Too
A recent study highlights the impact of implicit biases on our young people even at the college level, where we often expect merit to speak for itself. In this study, the authors sent identical emails from prospective students seeking mentorship to more than 6,500 American college professors. The students had “names like Meredith Roberts, LamarContinueContinue reading “NY Times Editorial: Professors are Prejudiced, Too”
Addressing Implicit Bias Program at Berkeley Law
The Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice is presenting “Addressing Implicit Bias,” an MCLE program with Professor Victoria Plaut, Professor of Law and Social Science; Director, Culture, Diversity & Intergroup Relations Lab at UC Berkeley School of Law. EJS has been so fortunate to have worked with Prof. Plaut on a number of projects,ContinueContinue reading “Addressing Implicit Bias Program at Berkeley Law”