29min chapter

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#42 — Racism and Violence in America

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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Racism, Biases, and Implicit Association Test

The chapter discusses the distinction between harboring biases and actively promoting or enshrining those biases as racism. It also explores the concept of implicit bias and its measurement through tests, and concludes with an agreement on the observation that people's cognitive processes may incorporate societal presumptions or stereotypes without necessarily being racist.

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