{"id":41883,"date":"2021-07-17T07:35:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T11:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=41883"},"modified":"2021-07-19T07:34:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T11:34:55","slug":"biased-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/biased-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Biased: Book Review, Background, and Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Looking for a Biased <\/em>book review? What are the book’s strengths and weaknesses? Was the book well received by critics?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book Biased <\/em>was written by Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt and is about the implicit bias that many Americans have towards black people. This book is the culmination of decades of academic research and is a blend of science and storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep reading for the Biased <\/em>book review, critical reception, and author background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Biased<\/em>: Book Review<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do<\/em> is a practical guide to the science of implicit bias, or the automatic assumptions we make about other people without even realizing it. These biases are the result of natural cognitive processes\u2014we sort people into categories as a mental shortcut<\/a> to make the world easier to understand. In the United States, antiblack bias is such an ingrained part of the culture that everyone encodes it to some degree, and that implicit bias impacts where we live, work, and study; how we interact with the criminal justice system; and where we focus our attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Author<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt is a social psychologist, a professor, and a recipient of the 2014 MacArthur \u201cgenius\u201d grant. She earned her Ph.D. at Harvard and taught at Yale before joining the faculty at Stanford in 1998. At Stanford, she co-founded SPARQ<\/a> (Social Psychological Answers to Real-World Questions), a \u201cdo tank\u201d (rather than a \u201cthink tank\u201d) dedicated to turning academic research on racial bias into actionable solutions for real-world change. She also regularly works directly with police departments to train officers on how to recognize their own implicit biases and avoid the potentially deadly consequences of acting on those biases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eberhardt is considered the reigning expert on the science of racial bias. She\u2019s been interviewed in TIME Magazine<\/a>, on NPR<\/a>, and on The Daily Show With Trevor Noah<\/a>. Her work has been featured in The New York Times<\/a> and the BBC<\/a>. In 2020, she gave a TED talk<\/a> about her research on bias and how companies and police departments can reduce bias<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connect with Dr. Eberhardt<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n