Boys, let us get up a club.With those words, six restless young men raided the linens at a friend's mansion, pulled pillowcases over their heads, hopped on horses, and cavorted through the streets of Pulaski, Tennessee in 1866. The six friends named their club the Ku Klux Klan, and, all too quickly, their club grew into the self-proclaimed Invisible Empire with secret dens spread across the South.This is the story of how a secret terrorist...

An essential overview of the science behind stereotypes explains why brains form them, why applying stereotypes to people can cause great harm, how stereotypes influence the sense of self, and how to recognize and overcome personal biases to promote a fairer world.