Centering the relationship between structural racism and individual bias

Abstract

Cesario misrepresents or ignores data on real-world racist and sexist patterns and processes in an attempt to discredit the assumptions of implicit bias experimentation. His position stands in stark contradiction to substantive research across the social sciences recognizing the widespread, systematic, and structuring processes of racism and sexism. We argue for centering the relationship between structural racism and individual bias.

Sincerely, a black primatologist: An open letter to biological anthropologists highlighting the experiences of a black primatologist

“…I've walked into many rooms where I was the only Black person in the room and at this point of my career, I am no longer surprised. This statement is not to diminish the important work of current BIPOC primatologists/anthropologists such as Stephanie Poindexter (SUNY Buffalo), Michelle Brown (University of California, Santa Barbara), Agustin Fuentes (Princeton), and the many graduate students across the country, who investigate topics ranging from primate behavioral ecology to human race/racism (Brown et al, 2022; Fuentes et al, 2022; Poindexter & Garrett, 2020). Instead, it is to stress the importance of these individuals and the importance of young aspiring BIPOC scholars seeing someone who looks like them.…”