Undoing The Bias Of People Studying Bias

Undoing The Bias Of People Studying Bias

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When people say there are “two Chicagos”, they’re talking about inequities: the way resources are distributed among schools, the way neighborhoods are policed, grants and other monies given to help small businesses flourish, a difference in city services.

A new study documenting many of those inequities, and offering some solutions, has just arrived from the Chicago Urban League.

Plus, the researchers and the money people looking to identify and erase inequity are often subject to the very biases they’re trying to eliminate. We’ll talk to one woman who’s recognized it, and is doing something about it.