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“People hold subconscious beliefs that Black youth are perceived as adult-like, and Black male adults are subhuman, superhuman, criminal, and violent. … Police work attracts individuals with … high collective identity orientation, conformity and power values."

Black and Blue: Exploring Racial Bias and Law Enforcement in the Killings of Unarmed Black Male Civilians. Black and Blue: Exploring Racial Bias and Law Enforcement in the Killings of Unarmed Black Male Civilians.
Black and Blue: Exploring Racial Bias and Law Enforcement in the Killings of Unarmed Black Male Civilians.
American Psychologist
Hall, Alison V. / Hall, Erika V. / Perry, Jamie L.
Vol. 71 Issue 3, pp. 175–186, 2016
10.1037/a0040109
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