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Social Justice in Our Minds, Homes, and Society: The Nature, Causes, and Consequences of Implicit Bias

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Social injustice is disruptive both personally and collectively, and the ordinariness of implicit prejudice plays a role in this process. In this report, I discuss the correspondence between implicit and explicit biases, and factors that moderate their association. In addition, I differentiate between declarative and procedural definitions of implicit bias, which have implications for their nonconscious nature. To underscore their conceptual distinction, I also present evidence that points to different origins for implicit and explicit biases. Finally, actions for confronting implicit bias are prescribed.

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Rudman, L.A. Social Justice in Our Minds, Homes, and Society: The Nature, Causes, and Consequences of Implicit Bias. Social Justice Research 17, 129–142 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:SORE.0000027406.32604.f6

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