Bias Isn't Just A Police Problem, It's A Preschool Problem | Let's Talk | NPR

A 2016 study by researchers at Yale found that pre-K teachers, white and black alike, spend more time watching black boys -- expecting trouble.

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[BundasaurusPecs]

Also like to point out that study means there is a sexism bias in the teachers

[sailoroftheinternet]

You didn't even link the study in the description. Do you really expect people to just believe what you say?

[stevewildeagle]

Racial behaviour isn't innate within us, until it's learned or experienced .

[YouNeedM]

Why do guys like this act progressive...hes so superior minded he acts like he cant believe this study

[ritajohnson]

The comments section of this video should be disabled.

[Guncriminal]

"Let's focus on the racism and let's ignore the sexism."

[hoobadydoo]

Basically: in-group biases exist, probably due to shared experience, commonality and similarity, not due to racism. It's easy to just say something is racist or biased on the face of it, but it's another thing to actually spend a little more time making more thoughtful considerations that don't attach a serious allegation/insinuation to someones behaviour; behaviour influenced by pop-culture, past negative experience, trauma, attachment type, the list goes on, they themselves may not even be aware of how they respond to these children. Yet, we should not cherry pick a couple of people who have stronger than average in-group preferences and use that 'evidence' as a representation of the whole population.

[mark-yjsg]

In group preference will never be eliminated. Bias will always exist between different groups. Look up the word discriminate.

To recognise or understand the difference (between); distinguish.
eg to discriminate right and wrong

To be discerning in matters of taste
Eg I prefer free range eggs compared to battery eggs

Do you discriminate?
Q There is a burning building with yours and many other families trapped inside. You can only go in once and rescue one family, who will you save, your own flesh and blood or a bunch of randoms?

There is no problem with the idea that you save your own family who you have a kinship with, now extend that out to a tribe, when another tribe enters the space of your tribe, you and your extended kin will feel protective of one another. If the other tribe begins to compete for the limited resources or maybe becomes violent to you or a member of your tribe then you find in group preference will kick in.
This occurs in all people and for good biological reason namely the survival of your bloodline.

Kinship exists in everyone, you are attracted to your own people, this is a natural phenomenon, everyone is influenced by kinship, it is related to the continuation of genes.

All races practice this, today we call it unconscious bias. It is not an exclusively white thing

[gregoryburke]

THERE IS A GREAT STORY ON THE EFFECTS OF MEDIA IN SOCIETY AND THE KAOS STARVATION, AS-WELL-AS CONFLICTS CAUSED BY MEDIA

[runcodematias]

can someone find the study it isnt in the description.

[twistyturd]

Hugh laurie is looking really good for his age!

[ohcrikey]

How do they know, when watching the black boy, that they were waiting for bad behaviour? Some people, due to their personality type, court more attention.

[jasondevon]

There is nothing wrong with feeling more comfortable with people of your own race, IT IS NATURAL AND COMMON to feel that way.

[evgeniynagornyak]

Don't enteract . Children willing to play with who they prefer in a moment of play

[Trixie_reads]

These comments are disheartening. If people can't even acknowledge that they have implicit bias, how can we ever fix it?!?

[leahmcpherson]

While this is certainly interesting... what about the spectrum of other races? Asian, Native American, Polynesian, Hispanic, etc?

[danpoole]

Wow, almost as if racism isn't as simple as a white person being racist to a black person

[mkelly]

This is propaganda pal. Sorry, I'm not that gullible.

[timothythomas]

Great points here, but it desperately needs to be said that even before it's a preschool problem it's a family problem. What are the parents, or parent, allowing the child to watch on TV. What kind of music is in the house. Is mom or dad a good influence? Are they spewing foul language around the child? Are they telling the child that if they apply themselves, and don't feed them the stereotypes, that they can be successful and be rich without being a hip hop star or professional athlete. It all starts in the home. Sunday school and church is a good place to start molding the young minds.

[huios]

Wow! Almost seems like we are fighting a losing battle. Being civilized means that we manage our biases so we can keep progressing as a nation. Racial bias hurts.