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Susan T. Fiske has some bad news: Prejudice might be hardwired in our brains. But the good news is that we can still learn to override our prejudices and embrace difference.
Most people think they're less biased than average. But just as we can't all be better than average, we can't all be less prejudiced than average. Although the message--and the success so far--of Barack Obama's presidential campaign suggests an America that is moving past traditional racial divisions and prejudices, it's probably safe to assume that all of us harbor more biases than we think.
Science suggests that most of us don't even know the ...
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