Tag: Prejudice
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Nation & World
What fuels prejudice?
A postdoctoral fellow working in the lab of Psychology Professor Matt Nock,Brian O’Shea is the lead author of a study that suggests racial tension may stem not from different groups being exposed to each other, but fear of a different sort of exposure — exposure to infectious diseases. The study is described in a July…
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Nation & World
Fighting prejudice by admitting it
Everyone is prejudiced, said a conference speaker. But there are ways to undermine and manage it.