Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us
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- Apr 12, 2010
- #Psychology #SocialScience
Through dramatic personal stories, Claude Steele shares the experiments and studies that show, again and again, that exposing subjects to stereotypes—merely reminding a group of fem...
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Number of Pages: 242
ISBN: 039306249X
ISBN-13: 9780393062496
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Bill Gates @BillGates
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Jul 9, 2013
I’ve actually read this one already, but I’m including it here as a recommendation. I learned a lot about different forms of discrimination that affect people’s performance but are very hard to detect. It helped me understand why even some very intelligent people don’t do as well as you might expect when they get to college. It also breaks down a lot of myths, like the idea that minorities will prosper if we can just do away with discrimination in hiring. Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up. And Steele offers a few ideas about how to tackle the problem. It’s a very good read.