There is abundant evidence that most people, often in spite of their conscious beliefs, values and attitudes, have implicit biases. 'Implicit bias' is a term of art referring to evaluations of social groups that are largely outside conscious awareness or control. These evaluations are typically thought to involve associations between social groups and concepts or roles like 'violent, ' 'lazy, ' 'nurturing, ' 'assertive, ' 'scientist, ' and so on. Such associations result at least in part from common stereotypes found in contemporary liberal societies about members of these groups....

There is abundant evidence that most people, often in spite of their conscious beliefs, values and attitudes, have implicit biases. 'Implicit bias' is a term of art referring to evaluations of social groups that are largely outside conscious awareness or control. These evaluations are typically thought to involve associations between social groups and concepts or roles like 'violent, ' 'lazy, ' 'nurturing, ' 'assertive, ' 'scientist, ' and so on. Such associations result at least in part from common stereotypes found in contemporary liberal societies about members of these groups....