White People Are Fine With Laws That Harm Blacks

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But according to a new study from Stanford University psychologists Rebecca C. Hetey and Jennifer L. Eberhardt, the stats-first approach to issues of race and incarceration isn’t effective—in fact, it’s potentially counterproductive.

Hetey and Eberhardt conducted two experiments, one in San Francisco and one in New York City. In the former, a white female researcher recruited 62 white voters from a train station to watch a video that flashed 80 mug shots of black and white male inmates.

Here’s where it gets interesting. Full Article: https://slate.com/technology/2014/08/racial-bias-in-criminal-justice-whites-dont-want-to-reform-laws-that-harm-blacks.html