Race on the brain : what implicit bias gets wrong about the struggle for racial justice / Jonathan Kahn.

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Of the many obstacles to racial justice in America, none has received more recent attention than the one that lurks in our subconscious. As social movements and policing scandals have shown how far from being "postracial" we are, the concept of implicit bias has taken center stage in national conver...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kahn, Jonathan, 1958- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Discrimination in justice administration > United States.
Racism > Psychological aspects.
Racism > United States.
Discrimination > Law and legislation > United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Discrimination in justice administration.
Discrimination > Law and legislation.
Racism.
United States.
Local Note:
LM copies are part of the Professional Development Lending Library.
Physical Description:x, 291 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: rethinking implicit bias-the limits to science as a tool of racial justice
  • Defining and measuring implicit bias
  • The uptake of ISC by the legal academy
  • Accepting conservative frames: time, color-blindness, diversity, and intent
  • Behavioral realism in action
  • Deracinating the legal subject
  • Obscuring power
  • Recreational anti-racism and the power of positive nudging
  • Seeking a technical fix to racism
  • Biologizing racism: the ultimate technical fix
  • Conclusion: contesting the common sense of racism.