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Why Race May Influence Us Even When We “Know” It Doesn’t
Posted on February 19, 2009
The image to the left is a portion of a controversial cartoon that ran in yesterday’s New York Post. The cartoon (the entirety of which is here) includes this punchline: “Now they will have to find someone else to write the stimulus bill.” * * * A common assumption among most Americans is that race […]
Posted in History, Implicit Associations, Politics | 9 Comments »
Jena 6 – Part II
Posted on September 24, 2007
Part I of this series summarizes events giving rise to the march and protest last week in Jena, Louisiana. The protest was motivated largely by a shared sense that events in Jena reveal race-based disparities in our criminal justice system and constitute the visible tip of a largely ignored iceberg of racial disparities throughout the […]
Posted in History, Implicit Associations, Law, System Legitimacy | 3 Comments »
Hoyas, Hos, & Gangstas
Posted on April 12, 2007
Last month, on the eve of Georgetown University’s match-up with Ohio State University in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four, we observed that many fans have questioned the ability of Georgetown players–who, since the 1980s, have almost all been African-American, and whose reputation has frequently centered on their “athleticism”–to “grasp” the “complex, precise” offense used […]
Posted in Entertainment, Implicit Associations, Life, Situationist Sports | 24 Comments »
First Conference on Law and Mind Sciences
Posted on March 15, 2007
Jeff Dubner of the Harvard Law Record has an excellent recap of Conference on Law and Mind Sciences that we hosted last week at Harvard Law School. We described this conference last week, and Jeff provides some great detail of the event, which featured a number of prominent social psychologists and legal scholars. Here is […]
Posted in Events, Legal Theory, System Legitimacy | 4 Comments »
Conference on Law and Mind Sciences — This Saturday
Posted on March 9, 2007
The Conference on Law and Mind Science at Harvard Law School is this Saturday. To learn more or to register (at no cost), visit the conference website. For a preview of topics to be discussed by our distinguished group of social psychologists, here is a schedule of their presentations: • 10:20 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. […]
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Praise for The Situationist
Posted on February 23, 2007
Since the The Situationist launched on January 26, 2007, we have received many kind words for which we are grateful. Here is a sampling: * * * The #1 Psychology and Neuroscience Blog of 2012 (of the top 30). ~ Online Psychology (1/29/2013) one of “40 Superb Psychology Blogs“ ~ Psyblog (9/15/2012) “The Situationist - Jon […]
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Black History is Now
Posted on February 14, 2007
When many Americans think about Black History Month, the operative word is “history.” They take what might be called a”history was then” perspective. For that group, February is a time to remember and regret how bad things used to be and to celebrate a few of the household-name heroes who helped expose and reform the […]
Posted in History, Implicit Associations, System Legitimacy | 13 Comments »
