{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Voices at Temple","provider_url":"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices","title":"If The Driver Had Been White... - Voices at Temple","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"t7H7OGJJOw\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/if-the-driver-had-been-white\/\">If The Driver Had Been White&#8230;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/if-the-driver-had-been-white\/embed\/#?secret=t7H7OGJJOw\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;If The Driver Had Been White&#8230;&#8221; &#8212; Voices at Temple\" data-secret=\"t7H7OGJJOw\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Police-Lights-in-Car-Mirror.jpg","thumbnail_width":1920,"thumbnail_height":1448,"description":"As the nation reels after multiple shootings of civilians by police and the subsequent attack on police officers in Dallas, Texas, the words of Minnesota\u2019s Governor that, \u201cWould this have happened if those passengers would have been white? I don&#8217;t think it would have,&#8221; bear examination. Was he guessing? Condemning a specific police officer? Or simply suggesting that an implicit bias caused the officers to perceive a threat when none was present? The word \u201cbias\u201d needs explication, in particular as \u201ccognitive bias.\u201d \u201cCognitive bias\u201d does not connote prejudice, an overt and explicit hatred of an individual or group. Instead, it is a psychological term and means that hidden cognitive processes drive what we see and our interpretations of those observations. That racial bias can affect how information is processed cannot be doubted. Study after study has shown that respondents will judge the same scenario differently depending on the name of the suspect; for example, more people were likely to vote for the death penalty when reviewing a case file if the name of the defendant &hellip;"}