Researchers have asked subjects to complete a lexical decision task in which subjects are presented with pairs of words and are asked to indicate whether both are real words. Results showing that white subjects respond more quickly to pairs like "white-smart" than pairs like "black-smart" are evidence of

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This result suggests that white subjects have implicit stereotypes, as they unconsciously associate positive traits like "smart" more readily with "white" than with "black," indicating an automatic, implicit bias.

Researchers Have Asked Subjects to Complete a Lexical Decision Task