Comments on: “Iowa judge rejects theory of ‘implicit bias'”

By: Richard Nieporent

Richard Nieporent — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:30:41 +0000

The case relied on the theory of implicit bias, which has received growing interest among employment lawyers after researchers developed the Implicit Association Test to test racial stereotypes. Their work has found an inherent preference for whites over blacks in about 70 percent of Americans, including among many who do not consider themselves racist.

Which proves conclusively that a Black could never be elected president of the US. Oh, wait…

The Implicit Association Test is giving junk science a bad name.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/science/18tier.html?_r=1&ref=science

By: wfjag

wfjag — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:36:59 +0000

Of course, it probably didn’t help that after the lead plaintiff was sworn in and stated her name, her answer to every question had to be “On advise of counsel I must decline to answer the question on the grounds that it may tend to incriminate me in a criminal prosecution and therefore I invoke my rights under the 5th Amendment of the United States Constitution.”

See “Plaintiff in Iowa discrimination case charged
Fraud scheme embezzled $43,000 in benefits meant for jobless Iowans” AP (27 Dec 2011) http://thegazette.com/2011/12/27/plaintiff-in-iowa-discrimination-case-charged/

Still, that’s not all bad. Maybe she can get a position with GSA. She appears to have relevant job experience.

By: adam zur

adam zur — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:45:19 +0000

A sigh of relief. A court with common sense. Who could have guessed?