@article{1480193,
      recid = {1480193},
      author = {Wang, Lu-in, },
      title = {Discrimination by Default : How Racism Becomes Routine /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {Much as we "select" computer settings by  default-reflexively, without thinking, and sometimes  without realizing there are other options-we often  discriminate by default as well. And just as default  computer settings tend to become locked in or entrenched as  the standard, discrimination by default creates a situation  in which disparate outcomes are expected, accepted, and  taken for granted. The killing of Amadou Diallo, racial  disparities in medical care, the dominance of Whites and  men in certain professions, and even the uneven media  attention paid to crimes depending on their victims' race  and class, all might be cases of discrimination by, or as,  default.Wang contends that, today, most discrimination  occurs by default and not design, making legal prohibitions  that focus on those who discriminate out of ill will  inadequate to redress the largest share of modern  discrimination. She draws on social psychology to detail  three ways in which unconscious assumptions can lead to  discrimination, showing how they play out in a range of  everyday settings. Wang then demonstrates how these  dynamics interact in medical care to produce an invisible,  self-fulfilling, and self-perpetuating prophecy of racial  disparity. She goes on to suggest ways in which  institutions and individuals might recognize, interrupt,  and override the discriminatory default.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1480193},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814784679.001.0001},
}