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How unconscious bias operates even when we oppose it intellectually

I make hiring decisions and unconsciously favor candidates who went to schools like mine even though I know this perpetuates inequality.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Good intentions cannot overrule the deep patterns that shape our split-second judgments.

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“Where Are You with The examined moral life?”

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