Should Police Screening Require Harvard’s IAT?

I’ve fielded a lot of calls today about the recent police shootings.

You’ll be hearing a lot about Harvard’s ‪#‎ImplicitAssociationTest‬ in the next few days. I first learned about it reading Malcolm Gladwell’s book ‪#‎Blink‬ (a must read.) The IAT measures racial prejudices that we cannot consciously control.

It’s the test every police officer should be required to take as part of the selection process. Regrettably, too few do.

Read this to learn more: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/11/science-of-racism-prejudice

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