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38 | July• 2018

IN THE NEWS

BIAS


According to psychologists
we are all prejudiced.
Sowhatcanwedoaboutit?

BY KATHERINE LAIDLAW
ILLUSTRATION BY KA YOUNG LEE

SUSANLUCASWASSURPRISEDTOREALISEshe had so many
racialbiases.Twoyearsagotheregisteredpsychotherapistwas
listeningtoaninterviewontheradiowithanauthorandactivist
whopositedthateverybodyisracist–eveniftheydon’trealise
it.“WhenIstartedtothinkaboutitIrecognisedthatdeep
down I do have some fears of and aversions to people of colour”
says the 63-year-old.

Battling

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