Our conference is less than one month away! Register today! Prof. Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton will be part of an practioner and expert roundtable at our upcoming mind science conference June 22-23 in Oakland. The roundtable participants will discuss explicit and implicit biases, grounding language, and interplay between mind science and white supremacy, what practical steps they’ve found … Continue reading Prof. Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton on our Roundtable at the EJS Mind Science Conference
This Week in White Supremacy: Week 31
'You don't deserve American food!': Muslim students attacked at McDonald's. Washington Post Just two weeks before Starbucks is set to close thousands of locations for "racial-bias education," for its employees, the coffee company is once again facing scrutiny after a barista at a store in La Cañada Flintridge, California, targeted a Hispanic customer with a … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 31
Rachel Godsil on ‘Weaponizing Implicit Bias’
Our conference is one month away! Register today! Professor Rachel Godsil will join EJS President Eva Paterson and Roberto Gonzalez of San Jose State University on a panel about "Weaponzing Implict Bias" at our upcoming mind science conference June 22-23 in Oakland. The panelists will discuss incidents related to Cambridge Analytica, law enforcement, and other … Continue reading Rachel Godsil on ‘Weaponizing Implicit Bias’
This Week in White Supremacy: Week 30
Our good friend Emily Scott was in Montgomery for the openings of the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, followed by a two-day summit on racial justice. She wanted to share a few of her Facebook reflections and photos with our TWIWS readers: The enormity of all that was experienced, learned, … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 30
This Week in White Supremacy: Week 29
President Barack Obama tried to expand the way racial discrimination is measured and addressed, holding corporations and governments accountable for even unintended bias in a bid to reverse persistent racial inequality. Now the Trump administration is rolling those efforts back. Politico Amazon employees are outraged by their company’s opposition to a plan to add more … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 29
EJS Mind Science Conference June 22-23
"Fighting Racism and Other Forms of Bias: What's Working!?" An Equal Justice Society Mind Science Conference June 22-23, 2018 Oakland Marriott City Center 1001 Broadway, Oakland This conference is made possible through generous grants from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Henry L. Hecht Family Fund, The California Wellness Foundation, The California Endowment, and Open Society … Continue reading EJS Mind Science Conference June 22-23
This Week in White Supremacy: Week 28
At a San Francisco construction site, a noose was found on the 10th floor. There's been graffiti with the N-word scrawled on the premises. And last Friday, in a first-floor bathroom, another discovery: dark-skinned Cabbage Patch dolls with nooses around their neck. KTVU An elementary school principal in Houston joked about telling police that a … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 28
Event on May 15 Marks 10th Anniversary of California Marriage Equality
May 15, 2018, marks the tenth anniversary of the California Supreme Court's historic ruling in In re Marriage Cases, 43 Cal.4th 757 (2008), recognizing the freedom to marry for same-sex couples and strict judicial scrutiny for laws that discriminate based on sexual orientation. You're invited to a special conversation about the far-reaching impacts of this historic … Continue reading Event on May 15 Marks 10th Anniversary of California Marriage Equality