Prejudice is not always overt. It's called ‘microaggression’

Prejudice is not always overt. It's called ‘microaggression’ 10 June 2016 Share Save Tom Stafford Features correspondent Share Save Alamy Many people don't even realise that they are discriminating based on race or gender. Getty Images Even the politest interviewer may be acting with subtle prejudice that influences a candidate's performance In the early 1970s, a team led by Carl Word at Princeton University recruited white students for an experiment they were told was about assessing the quality of job candidates. If even a privileged elite suffer under this treatment, we might expect even larger effects for people without those advantages It isn't hard to see that in a winner-takes-all situation like a job interview, such differences could be enough to lose you a job opportunity. If even a white, privileged elite suffer under this treatment we might expect even larger effects for people who don't walk into high-pressure situations with those advantages.