Racist Referees
Sports Buzz A new study shows white NBA refs are more likely to call fouls on black players than on their white teammates. The study isn’t actually calling the refs racist, but says that they’re motivated by unconscious cognitive bias - that’s not racist, right? The NBA says the whole thing is phooey.
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“An All White Team Would Win Two Extra Games Over the Course of An 82-game Season”
marginalrevolution.com
BuzzFeed’s Links
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The NBA’s Own Report Shockingly Finds No Bias
sportsfrog.com
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Foul Play in the NBA?
nytimes.com
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The Original Study
bpp.wharton.upenn.edu
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“Are the NBA refs racially biased? The Times couldn’t find anyone in the NBA who would say so.”
montclairsoci.blogspot.com
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The Question is About Unconscious Racial Bias
blackprof.com
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Numbers Don’t Lie
quotes.morlok.net
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“An All White Team Would Win Two Extra Games Over the Course of An 82-game Season”
marginalrevolution.com
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“NBA Referees Have no Racial Bias!”
thehardcourt.wordpress.com
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NBA Dismisses the Referee Study
news.yahoo.com
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Message to David Stern: “dude, your numbers just don’t add up”
disgrasian.blogspot.com
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May 03, 2007
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