Is Silicon Valley Having a Teachable Moment About ‘Implicit Bias’?

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Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder, in 2012. Creative Commons image by

By Queena Sook Kim, KQED News Fix

Peter Thiel’s recent $1.25 million donation to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is igniting a conversation about “implicit bias” in parts of Silicon Valley.

Thiel is both a legendary and controversial figure in Silicon Valley. He is the co-founder of PayPal. He was an early investor and sits on the board of Facebook, and he is a part-time partner at Y Combinator, one of the valley’s hottest incubators. But lately he’s been in the news because of the fierce debate his donation has sparked among tech workers in Silicon Valley.

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