Implicit Bias Conference

这个项目汇集了偏见和歧视方面的专家，进行了深入的讨论，并撰写了一份报告，以了解各种偏见衡量标准代表的是什么，以及衡量隐性偏见的最佳方法。在过去的一个世纪里，美国的种族态度发生了根本性的变化。这个国家已经从一个明确的隔离和歧视国家转变为一个支持多元文化主义的国家，并执行政策以创造公平的竞争环境，弥补过去的歧视。衡量美国公众意见的调查显示，这一新观点得到了更多人的支持，这是一个缓慢而稳定的趋势。然而，事件继续发生，引发了公众对种族主义、性别歧视和其他形式的歧视是否在美国继续盛行和后果的质疑。因此，许多公司和政府机构现在都在花费大量资源培训员工，以最大限度地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，并在重要方面影响着人们的决策和行为。现有的大量科学证据能证明这些假设是合理的吗？企业、警察部门和其他政府机构的支出是否有充分的理由并有可能成功地优化思维和行动？本次会议将通过评估现有的关于种族偏见和其他形式的偏见的文献来评估我们对这些问题的了解和未知，从而对这个问题进行仔细和客观的研究。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效的方向。会议的目标包括帮助科学家和普通公众对该领域的问题、测量以及优势和局限性的科学证据的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，并将广泛传播。该报告将帮助企业和政府机构更有效率和有效地工作，以了解和解决偏见，并将帮助科学界优化其研究进展。

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.