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How the Presidential Candidates and VPs Discuss Implicit Bias
Alexis Johnson, executive director and co-founder of the Perception Institute, an organization working to reduce implicit bias and discrimination, discusses how the vice presidential candidates addressed the issue of bias in the police force during their first debate and Hillary Clinton's acknowledgement of the impact bias has on communities of color.