Implicit Bias Conference

该项目汇集了偏见和歧视方面的专家，进行深入讨论并撰写报告，以了解各种偏见的衡量标准以及衡量隐性偏见的最佳方法。在过去的世纪里，美国的种族态度发生了根本性的变化。该国已经从一个明确的隔离和歧视的国家转变为一个支持多元文化和执行公平竞争和补偿过去歧视的政策的国家。美国的民意调查显示，越来越多的人支持这一新观点，这是一个缓慢而稳定的趋势。然而，事件继续发生，在公众心目中提出的问题是否种族主义，性别歧视，和其他形式的歧视继续在美国普遍存在和后果。因此，许多公司和政府机构现在正在花费大量资源来培训员工，以尽量减少这种偏见对他们照顾病人、执行法律等工作的影响。这些努力是基于这样一种假设和研究，即种族主义和其他形式的偏见在当代社会普遍存在，并以重要的方式塑造人们的决定和行为。现有的科学证据是否证明这些假设是合理的？ 企业、警察部门和其他政府机构的支出是否有充分的依据，是否有可能成功地优化思维和行动？这次会议将仔细和客观地审视这一问题，评估关于种族偏见和其他形式的偏见的现有文献，以衡量我们对这些问题的了解和不了解。 这次会议将汇集一批种族主义和偏见问题的主要专家，审查文献，讨论现有证据的长处和短处，并为今后的工作确定富有成果的方向。 会议的目标包括帮助科学家和公众对该领域的问题、测量、优势和局限性的科学证据状况有一个清晰和完整的了解。 一份报告将总结会议的见解，并将广泛分发。该报告将帮助企业和政府机构更有效地理解和解决偏见，并将帮助科学界优化其研究。

This project brings together experts on prejudice and discrimination to have a deep discussion and write up a report to understand what various measures of bias represent and best ways to measure implicit bias. During the past century, racial attitudes in America have been radically transformed. The country has shifted from one of explicit separation and discrimination to one endorsing multiculturalism and implementing policies to level the playing field and compensate for past discrimination. Surveys measuring public opinion in the United States have shown a slow and steady trend toward more endorsement of this new view. Yet events continue to occur raising questions in the public mind about whether racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination continue to be prevalent and consequential in America. As a result, many companies and government agencies are now spending considerable resources to train workers to minimize the impact of such bias on the work they do caring for medical patients, enforcing laws, and much more. These efforts are based on the presumption and research that racism and other forms of bias are prevalent in contemporary society and shape people's decisions and behavior in important ways. Are these presumptions justified by the existing body of scientific evidence? And are the expenditures of businesses, police departments, and other government agencies well founded and likely to be successful in optimizing thinking and action?This conference will take a close and objective look at this question by taking stock of the existing literatures on racial bias and other forms of bias to gauge what we know and what we do not yet know about these issues. The conference will bring together a group of the leading experts on racism and prejudice to review the literature, discuss strengths and weaknesses of existing evidence, and identify fruitful directions for future work. Goals of the conference include helping scientists and the general public to have a clear and complete understanding of the state of scientific evidence on the issues, measurement, and strengths and limitations of the area. A report will summarize conference insights, and will be disseminated widely. The report will help business and government agencies to work more efficiently and effectively to understand and address bias, and will help the scientific community optimize its research moving forward.