Shooting bias, also known as shooter bias, is a proposed form of implicit racial bias describing an apparent tendency among police to shoot Black civilians more often than white civilians, including when the civilian is unarmed. In countries where white people are not the majority population, shooting bias has been observed to still apply, with whichever minority groups face discrimination in that setting bearing the disproportionate risk instead.
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Core ClaimA proposed form of implicit racial bias: the apparent tendency among the police to shoot black civilians more often than white civilians, even when they are unarmed. 1 Classification
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1. Shooting bias, Wikipedia
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The term shooting bias, also known as "shooter bias", is a proposed form of implicit racial bias which refers to the apparent tendency among the police to shoot black civilians more often than white civilians, even when they are unarmed.
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The term shooting bias, also known as "shooter bias", is a proposed form of implicit racial bias which refers to the apparent tendency among the police to shoot black civilians more often than white civilians, even when they are unarmed.
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