What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry

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A Black man holding a wallet is more likely to be shot by the police than a White man holding a gun.

In 2002, a study by Joshua Correll and colleagues, called The Police Officer’s Dilemma, revealed a phenomenon also known as shooter-bias 

The study found that people hesitated longer to shoot an armed white target (and they were more likely to accidentally not shoot). Participants were quicker and more accurate with black armed targets but there were more “false alarms” (shooting them when they were unarmed). These effects were present even though participants did not hold any explicit discriminatory views and wanted to treat all targets fairly

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“These effects were present even though participants did not hold any explicit discriminatory views and wanted to treat all targets fairly”

You’ve got to be kidding me. That’s total bullshit. If you’re going to shoot an unarmed black person and then claim to not have discriminatory views …What a crock of shit. 

(via fat-queer)

Yeah, that’s the most contradictory statement… like, let’s be honest here.

(via siddharthasmama)

there was just a thing over in dearborn where a man was hiding under a police car with a rifle at the police station! they took him to a hospital. you know he was white.

(via boygeorgemichaelbluth)

what theee fuck dude 

(via thedarkchocolatedandy)

I think the idea behind “they don’t hold explicit racist views” is pretty important, actually. Because a lot of people play the “I’m not racist, I don’t throw slurs and I don’t want to burn crosses” game, when the fact is that if they were in a situation like this where they could end a Black person’s life, one who wasn’t doing anything, they would do it even if they didn’t mean to. It’s the ultimate proof that intent isn’t magical, and that intent cannot be used to excuse racism, and I’m glad that it was mentioned.

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