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Area Technical College, with 2,945 graduates. (https://datausa.io/profile/geo/milwaukee-

wi/#intro)

The demographics profile for Albany, NY shows a population of 98,425 and is the 320th

largest city in the United States. ... The median age in Albany is 31 which is approximately 18%

lower than the New York average of 38. (Areavibes.com) According to the 2010 census, the racial

composition of Albany was 93% white, 3% African American, 1% Asian, 0.3% Native American

and Native Alaskan, and 3% two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos of any race account for 2%

of the population. The non-Hispanic white population was 52%. (wordpopulationreview.com)

However, DataIO claimed numbers that the ethnic composition of the population of Albany, NY

composed of 50,272 White residents (51.1%), 27,724 Black residents (28.2%), 9,721 Hispanic

residents (9.9%), 6,549 Asian residents (6.65%), and 3,798 other or mixed race residents (3.86%).

I. Case Study No. 1: Albany, New York - 2016

Impetus for Albany’s “Implicit Bias” Community Conversation Series

Albany, New York’s First Ward Common Council Member Dorcey Applyrs organized a

series of Community Conversations in 2016 to talk about how bias in judgment and/or behavior

result from subtle cognitive processes that are often subconscious and unintentional. "This work

is a direct result of community forums that happened over the winter (2016) in which there were

incidents happening around the country as it related to brutality in some cases, police brutality,

and so from those community forums during the winter there was a push to have more initiatives

that would help repair and restore trust between our residents and our police department." Implicit

Bias as chosen by the organizers characterize the conversations as "crucial" and were open to all

residents. Fliers were widely distributed, and word was spread on social media and on the widely

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