PT Racial Equity Challenge
Day 10: Exploring Unconscious Bias
What is Unconscious Bias?
Unconscious biases are social stereotypes about certain groups of people that individuals form outside their own conscious awareness. Everyone holds unconscious beliefs about various social and identity groups, and these biases stem from one’s tendency to organize social worlds by categorizing.
Unconscious bias is far more prevalent than conscious prejudice and often incompatible with one’s conscious values. Certain scenarios can activate unconscious attitudes and beliefs. For example, biases may be more prevalent when multi-tasking or working under time pressure.
Step 1: Watch
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Step 2: Read
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How to Interrupt Unconscious Bias
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How to Interrupt Unconscious Bias
11 Harmful Types of Unconscious Bias and How to Interrupt Them
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Reflection
Have you made decisions before where you think your unconscious bias was a factor? How can we be more aware when unconscious bias is driving our thinking/decision making? What steps are you going to take to combat unconscious bias?