儘管我們試著去公平對待每個人，在社會與教育中不停倡議多元與彼此尊中的重要。但事實是，我們每個人都帶著各自的成見，受刻板印象的影響，有些時候甚至渾然不覺；這些根深蒂固在我們腦海裡的成見如同濾鏡一般，影響我們看待世界的方式、注意力、記憶以及行為；對於教育、就業、住所和判斷是非公義的影響亦劇。
 
　　作者Jennifer Eberhardt身兼執法機關顧問及史丹佛大學的權威心理學家，其研究含蓋法庭、會議室、監獄、大街、教室及咖啡店等生活的各個場域，讓我們看見個人偏見是如何在各層面影響著我們，如老師在為學生評量時、經理在面對顧客時所作出的決策，都受到他們自身的偏見影響著，此外，司法判決也不脫偏見的影響，而其帶來的後果更是不容小覷。
 
　　Jennifer Eberhardt藉由分享自身經驗來告訴大家，我們應該學會認識自己的偏見，並盡可能減少偏見對自己的影響。在Jennifer Eberhardt的協助下，Airbnb和Nextdoor等公司開始正視自己的偏見，全國各地的警亦開始局意識到反偏見的重要性。現在，Jennifer Eberhardt將自己所長，化為消弭偏見的實用方式，無論對個人或是集體組織，都相當有效。
 
　　其實，種族歧視問題不只存在於少數「壞人」之中，從媒體、教育乃至商業行為中可見。刻板印象的問題早已滲透至社會各層面，根植在每個人的意識深處，而其所帶來的悲劇性後果，亦值得我們深思。所幸這並不是我們無法改變的，從察覺作為起點，學習不被偏見蒙蔽，藉由本書，讓我們不只是被動意識到偏見的負面影響，進一步成為主動解決此問題角色。（文/博客來編譯）
 
　　"Groundbreaking."--Bryan Stevenson, New York Times bestselling author of Just Mercy
 
　　From one of the world's leading experts on unconscious racial bias, a personal examination of one of the central controversies and culturally powerful issues of our time, and its influence on contemporary race relations and criminal justice.
 
　　You don't have to be racist to be biased. Unconscious bias can be at work without our realizing it, and even when we genuinely wish to treat all people equally, ingrained stereotypes can infect our visual perception, attention, memory, and behavior. This has an impact on education, employment, housing, and criminal justice. In Biased, with a perspective that is at once scientific, investigative, and informed by personal experience, Jennifer Eberhardt offers us insights into the dilemma and a path forward.
 
　　Eberhardt works extensively as a consultant to law enforcement and as a psychologist at the forefront of this new field. Her research takes place in courtrooms and boardrooms, in prisons, on the street, and in classrooms and coffee shops. She shows us the subtle--and sometimes dramatic--daily repercussions of implicit bias in how teachers grade students, or managers deal with customers. It has an enormous impact on the conduct of criminal justice, from the rapid decisions police officers have to make to sentencing practices in court. Eberhardt's work and her book are both influenced by her own life, and the personal stories she shares emphasize the need for change. She has helped companies that include Airbnb and Nextdoor address bias in their business practices and has led anti-bias initiatives for police departments across the country. Here, she offers practical suggestions for reform and new practices that are useful for organizations as well as individuals.
 
　　Unblinking about the tragic consequences of prejudice, Eberhardt addresses how racial bias is not the fault of nor restricted to a few "bad apples" but is present at all levels of society in media, education, and business. The good news is that we are not hopelessly doomed by our innate prejudices. In Biased, Eberhardt reminds us that racial bias is a human problem--one all people can play a role in solving.
 
Review
 
　　“Compelling and provocative, this is a game-changing book about how unconscious racial bias impacts our society and what each of us can do about it.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
 
　　“Jennifer Eberhardt’s work is essential to helping us understand racial inequalities in our country and around the world.”—Michelle Alexander, author of New York Times bestseller The New Jim Crow
 
　　“This book helps us to scientifically view how racial bias works in our own minds and throughout society.  We could not ask for a better guide to understand this reality than Jennifer Eberhardt. Her research reveals critical information that can help leaders better understand how biases can impact our judgment and how we are perceived by the communities we are sworn to serve.”—Kamala D. Harris, United States Senator from California
 
　　“Jennifer is one of the great thinkers and one of the great voices of our time…I believe her book will change the conversation on race in our society–and perhaps our society itself.”—Carol Dweck, author of New York Times bestseller Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
 
　　“Drawing on her pioneering research, Jennifer Eberhardt’s new book offers a powerful exploration of how racial bias seeps into our classrooms, college campuses, police departments, and businesses.”—Bruce Western, author of Punishment and Inequality in America and Professor of Sociology, Columbia University
 
　　“Biased is deeply relevant to education and other fields of work, within the U.S. and globally. Dr. Eberhardt’s work offers a touchstone for educators, leaders, lawmakers, and all those who want a society that serves everyone equally.”—Linda Darling-Hammond, author of The Flat World and Education: How America’s Commitment to Equity will Determine our Future
 
　　“This is not someone who is just doing work in the ivory tower of a university. This is someone who is really out in the trenches working with police departments and the criminal justice system.”—Chris Magnus, Chief of Police, Tucson, Arizona
 
　　“She is saying things that make people uncomfortable, but she has the evidence to back up the reality of what’s she’s describing… [her work is]…original, provocative, and rigorous. I think she has changed the way we all think about the American dilemma of race.”—Susan Fiske, Psychologist, Princeton University
 
　　“The hope for progress is greatly increased by Jennifer Eberhardt's groundbreaking new book on implicit bias. Biased presents the science of bias with rare insight and accessibility, but it is also a work with the power and craft to make us see why overcoming racial bias is so critical."—Bryan Stevenson, New York Times bestselling author of Just Mercy