Black History: Implicit Bias, Dishonest Scholarship and Colonial Propaganda

This article is a result of researching the work Akala presented at the Oxford Student’s Union for Black History month. It is part of a series which comes from the researching of one section at a time using the online video as a knowledge resource to structure a self directed curriculum.  This methodology is one which has been developed in order to facilitate independent learning especially in informal contexts of the lives of people like myself.

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Biases In Psychology Which Affect How People’s Intellectual Contribution Is Valued; Implicit and Explicit Bias

This is the second part of the paper I have written examining biases In psychology which affect how people’s intellectual contribution is valued.  As an enquiry, the first part examined the central notion that ‘Prejudicial and Biased Reasoning is Illogical and Irrational’. The final part of the series explores Behavioural Reactions to Dissonance and Confirmation Bias. Read more…