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The Effect of Virtual Reality on Implicit Racism

Researchers used virtual reality to change someone's implicit biases. So when they put someone else in someone else's skin colour, it changed this implicit racism. Melisa says the first step is understanding having an awareness that you have these implicit biases. It doesn't mean they'll go away, but as soon as you're aware of them, you then might be able to respond to it,. In whichever environment. But also down the line, this could be applied to computer games. If you manage to get people playing computer games in these virtual environments, when they're in another person's shoes, it might then tap into this and generate a feeling of being someone else. Is it right that he suggested

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