Month: August 2023

  • Racial Profiling, Implicit Bias, and Intergroup Contact

    Racial Profiling, Implicit Bias, and Intergroup Contact

    Support for racial profiling by law enforcement is not merely a matter of law and order but can be understood as an expression of symbolic racial threat. Symbolic racial threat refers to fears that another racial group’s values, culture, or practices may undermine or endanger the dominant group’s social norms or status. These fears can…