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A review by jimbowen0306
Biased by Jennifer L. Eberhardt
4.0
This book looks at, and tries to explain aspects of, racism, and bias (both intrinsic, and extrinsic).
It’s an interesting read, addressing the aspects of racism being discussed at the moment. It’s largely American based, but still interesting/of use, if you’re not from there.
It works best when she has stats and facts front and centre, as part of her argument. Her discussion of education avoided affirmative action (which is something that’s regularly discussed), but spent a long time describing Charlottesville, and student responses to it. I’d have liked more of a call to arms about that, because even the dumb can see “Yup, they’re racist.”
The other issue I had was that while the book is well cited, but the hyperlinks in the Kindle version weren’t obvious, so it was hard to check on the claim (of the research) that were being made,
Other than that, it’s a good book. A lot of the stronger anti-bias arguments are made by youngsters, who mean well, but don’t have the stats to back claims up. This does, and that’s a good thing.
It’s an interesting read, addressing the aspects of racism being discussed at the moment. It’s largely American based, but still interesting/of use, if you’re not from there.
It works best when she has stats and facts front and centre, as part of her argument. Her discussion of education avoided affirmative action (which is something that’s regularly discussed), but spent a long time describing Charlottesville, and student responses to it. I’d have liked more of a call to arms about that, because even the dumb can see “Yup, they’re racist.”
The other issue I had was that while the book is well cited, but the hyperlinks in the Kindle version weren’t obvious, so it was hard to check on the claim (of the research) that were being made,
Other than that, it’s a good book. A lot of the stronger anti-bias arguments are made by youngsters, who mean well, but don’t have the stats to back claims up. This does, and that’s a good thing.