PT Racial Equity Challenge
Day 2: Understanding Bias
Today, we want to turn inward because this is where change happens. Knowing more about ourselves makes it easier to learn, grow, explore, and act.
What does race mean to you? What does YOUR race mean to you? While many are in touch with their racial identity, others are still learning about racial identity and its place in society. When we know more about ourselves, we can be more aware of others and open to their experiences. Learning about our own implicit biases, or the positive and negative attitudes, stereotypes, and feelings that we have about people and groups that are different than ourselves, is an important part of the 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge.
Often, the biases that we have, even those unconscious ones, may cause us to act in ways that are discriminatory or offensive to others. Therefore, exploring our own implicit biases is an important step toward realizing racial equity
Step 1: Watch
2+ Minutes
Step 2: Watch
3 Minutes
Step 3: Assess
10 Minutes
Project Implicit Bias Test
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Project Implicit Bias Test - Race IAT
In this study from, Harvard University, you will complete an Implicit Association Test (IAT) in which you will be asked to sort pictures and words into groups as fast as you can. In addition to the IAT, there are some questions about your beliefs, attitudes, and opinions, and some standard demographic questions. This study should take about 10 minutes to complete. At the end, you will receive your IAT result along with information about what it means.
*Make sure you choose the Race IAT
Reflection
What messages did you learn about race from family, school, or friends? Do these messages align with your life experiences? How might awareness of implicit bias affect your actions and decisions?