Jennifer Richeson is featured in PBS special, “Hacking Your Mind”
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“Many of the divisions tearing our country apart arise from our autopilot biases against ‘them’ and how authoritarians ‘hack’ those biases to gain power.” Professor Richeson discusses her research on the role of increasing racial and ethnic diversity of the nation in promoting this “us” vs. “them” thinking and increasing political divides.
Watch a recording of “Us vs. Them” in Episode 103 of the PBS Hacking Your Mind series. (Aired 9/23/2020; expires 9/9/2024)