Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People 9780553804645, 9780440423294

Table of contents :
Cover
eBook Information
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Preface
Contents
Preface
1 Mindbugs
2 Shades of Truth
3 Into the Blindspot
4 “Not That There’s Anything Wrong with That!”
5 Homo Categoricus
6 The Hidden Costs of Stereotypes
7 Us and Them
8 Outsmarting the Machine
Appendix 1 - Are Americans Racist? Racism isn’t that big a deal anymore. No sensible person supports it. Nobody of importance preaches it. It’s rapidly becoming an ugly memory. —TONY SNOW (soon to be press secretary to President George W. Bush), October 2002 I am constantly surprised by how much I hear racism talked about and how little I actually see it. —DINESH D’SOUZA, What’s So Great About America? Americans born since 1960 may have difficulty comprehending that in the forty years prior to 1930, lynchings of Black Americans averaged between fifty and a hundred per year.
Appendix 2 - Race, Disadvantage, and Discrimination This book deals with many targets of bias, including women, gays, religious and ethnic groups, the elderly, and the overweight. But we have given most attention to race discrimination—not only because of the societal importance of race discrimination in the United States but also because it has received more scientific research attention than any other form of bias.
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
About the Authors