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NEWS ABOUT: prejudice

prejudice stories: 4 news summaries

 Biased? 
 Harvard 
 Wants to Know 

Web test tries to suss out implicit prejudice via picture exercise

Nov 1, 09 5:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Do you have a subconscious love of gays—or hatred of white people? There's an app for that. Actually, it's a website that's part of a study by Harvard, the University of Virginia, and the University of Washington . “Project Implicit” gathers personal information, then puts you through a... More »

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Internet • Malcolm Gladwell • racism • University of Washington • website • University of Virginia • bias • scientific study • Harvard University • prejudice

 Aging Brains Can't 
 Fend Off Stereotypes  

Research suggests older adults have stronger recall for stereotypical information

Oct 1, 09 6:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The way the brain ages may make older people more inclined to prejudice, with new research suggesting that the elderly may have greater difficulty suppressing stereotypes. In one study, young and old adults were read stories which, in the words of the researchers, “allowed for stereotypic inferences” about blacks,... More »

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elderly • stereotypes • racism • old age • prejudice

 Romanians 
 Boo Madonna  
 for Defending 
 Gypsies  


But Gypsy musicians, dancer get applause

Aug 27, 09 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna spoke up for gypsies during a concert in Romania, leading thousands of audience members to boo her, the AP reports. “I found out that there is a lot of discrimination against gypsies in Eastern Europe and that makes me very sad,” the Romanian Times quotes her... More »

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entertainment • discrimination • celebrity • concert • Madonna • Romania • prejudice

(Newser) - Lawyers for Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter—aka Clark Rockefeller—want his conviction overturned because the jury was unfairly prejudiced against their client, the Boston Globe reports. Rockefeller was found guilty of kidnapping his daughter. The lawyers say the prosecution “eviscerated” their insanity defense during closing arguments by calling an... More »

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Boston • kidnapping • Massachusetts • conviction • custody battle • expert testimony • criminal trial • Clark Rockefeller • Reigh Boss • Sandra Boss • Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter • Snooks • insanity defense • prejudice • defense attorney

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