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Unfair Comparisons: How Visualizing Social Inequality Can Make It Worse - Nightingale

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Unfair Comparisons: How Visualizing Social Inequality Can Make It Worse - Nightingale

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SociologyEnglish · 2 years ago

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Our new research shows how popular chart choices can trigger unconscious social biases and reinforce systemic racism.

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Good topic to bring up at this meetup on cognitive bias: https://meetu.ps/e/MhGYy/XSFKX/i

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