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A More Progressive Approach: Recognizing the Role of Implicit Bias in Institutional Racism (2015)

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This article discusses how recent tragic deaths of unarmed Black males (i.e., Mike Brown, Eric Garner, John Crawford and Tamir Rice) have initiated dialogue around race in America and how many people argue that none of these deaths were racially motivated. The writer argues that both sides are right.

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Citation (Chicago):

Bester, DeAngelo. “A More Progressive Approach: Recognizing the Role of Implicit Bias in Institutional Racism.” Responsive Philanthropy May 2015. https://www.ncrp.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/RP_Spring15_Bester.pdf

American Denial: Implicit Bias Test (2015)

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“This excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary American Denial looks at the “Implicit Bias Test,” which was created to test people’s unconscious bias toward words and concepts, and toward races. It is not about conscious attitudes and beliefs, as one researcher tells us in the film, but about something you yourself may not know you have.”

How Small Inequities Lead To Big Inequalities (2017)

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This article looks at how large of an impact small implicit biases can have on underrepresented groups. It features statistics of salary disparities and an interview with Ron Mallon, a professor at Washington University, to go into further detail about these large impacts.

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Citation (Chicago):

Lombrozo, Tania. “How Small Inequalities Lead to Big Inequalities.” WPSU. July 24, 2017. http://radio.wpsu.org/post/how-small-inequities-lead-big-inequalities

The ‘Thumbprint of The Culture’: Implicit Bias And Police Shootings (2017)

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This audio transcript from the NPR segment, Hidden Brain, explores police violence, implicit bias, and how racism can affect us all. To listen to the original audio, click the hyperlink in the PDF to be taken to the original page.

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Citation (Chicago):

Vedantam, Shankar. “The ‘Thumbprint of the Culture’: Implicit bias and Police Shootings.” WPSU. June 5, 2017. http://radio.wpsu.org/post/thumbprint-culture-implicit-bias-and-police-shootings

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People (2016)

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Blindspot cover artBlindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People

by Mahzarin R. Banaji  (Author), Anthony G. Greenwald (Author)

August 16, 2016

BarnesandNoble.com description:

I know my own mind.
I am able to assess others in a fair and accurate way.

These self-perceptions are challenged by leading psychologists Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald as they explore the hidden biases we all carry from a lifetime of exposure to cultural attitudes about age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, social class, sexuality, disability status, and nationality.

“Blindspot” is the authors’ metaphor for the portion of the mind that houses hidden biases. Writing with simplicity and verve, Banaji and Greenwald question the extent to which our perceptions of social groups—without our awareness or conscious control—shape our likes and dislikes and our judgments about people’s character, abilities, and potential.

In Blindspot, the authors reveal hidden biases based on their experience with the Implicit Association Test, a method that has revolutionized the way scientists learn about the human mind and that gives us a glimpse into what lies within the metaphoric blindspot.

The title’s “good people” are those of us who strive to align our behavior with our intentions. The aim of Blindspot is to explain the science in plain enough language to help well-intentioned people achieve that alignment. By gaining awareness, we can adapt beliefs and behavior and “outsmart the machine” in our heads so we can be fairer to those around us. Venturing into this book is an invitation to understand our own minds.

Brilliant, authoritative, and utterly accessible, Blindspot is a book that will challenge and change readers for years to come.

Below is a sample of two essays from the book:

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Inclusion: Diversity, The New Workplace & The Will To Change (2017)

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Inclusion Diversity, the New Workplace and the Will to Change coverInclusion: Diversity, The New Workplace & The Will To Change 

by Jennifer Brown

June 1, 2017

GoodReads.com description:

“In the rapidly changing business landscape, harnessing the power of diversity and inclusion is essential for the very viability and sustainability of every organization. Talent who feel fully welcomed, valued, respected, and heard by their colleagues and their organizations will fuel this growth. We will only succeed in this transformation if those in leadership pivot from command and control management styles to reinvent how we look at people, every organization’s greatest asset. It’s also critical that we build systems that embrace diversity in all its forms, from identity and background to diversity of thought, style, approach, and experience, tying it directly to the bottom line. Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace & the Will to Change stands up and embraces what true diversity and inclusion represent to any organization in any industry-an opportunity. Open your heart and prepare to be inspired as award-winning entrepreneur, dynamic speaker, and respected diversity and inclusion expert Jennifer Brown shares proven strategies to empower members of your entire organization to utilize all of their talents and potential to drive positive organizational change and the future of work.”

3 Keys to Defeating Unconscious Bias: Watch, Think, Act (2015)

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3 Keys to Defeating Unconscious Bias cover3 Keys to Defeating Unconscious Bias: Watch, Think, Act 

by Sondra Thiederman Ph.D.

June 30, 2015

Book description:

“Have you ever had a biased thought? If the answer is “yes,” join the club. Everybody has biases and, although that doesn’t make us bad people, it does mean we compromise our ability to get along with people who are different from us. The good news is, there’s a lot we can do to defeat bias. Calling on Dr. Sondra Thiederman’s twenty-five years of experience in the diversity/inclusion field, the book lays out an innovative WATCH, THINK, ACT strategy that each of us can immediately apply to the task. Easy-to-read and filled with anecdotes and activities, 3 Keys shows the reader:

  • How to WATCH their thoughts, experiences, and actions to identify unconscious biases and target them for extinction.
  • How to THINK in such a way as to weaken and control our biases.
  • How to ACT to defeat our biases and cultivate the kind of common ground that we know to be inhospitable to the survival of bias.

Designed to motivate real change, the answer to defeating our biases is in these pages. The rest is up to you.

“Simplicity at its finest. We all have those moments of truth when we recognize a bias in our thinking. Sondra’s book gives us a refreshingly practical way to call bias out and change our behavior to defeat it.” — Grace Figueredo, Vice President, Workplace Culture, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Aetna, Inc.”

Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives (2014)

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Everyday Bias coverEveryday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives 

by Howard J. Ross

September 9, 2014

BarnesandNoble.com description:

“If you are human, you are biased.

From this fundamental truth, diversity expert Howard Ross explores the biases we each carry within us. Most people do not see themselves as biased towards people of different races or different genders. And yet in virtually every area of modern life disparities remain. Even in corporate America, which has for the most part embraced the idea of diversity as a mainstream idea, patterns of disparity remain rampant. Why?

Breakthroughs in the cognitive and neurosciences give some idea why our results seem inconsistent with our intentions. Bias is natural to the human mind, a survival mechanism that is fundamental to our identity. And overwhelmingly it is unconscious.

Incorporating anecdotes from today’s headlines alongside case studies from over 30 years as a nationally prominent diversity consultant, Ross help readers understand how unconscious bias impacts our day-to-day lives and particularly our daily work lives. And, he answers the question: “Is there anything we can do about it?” by providing examples of behaviors that the reader can engage in to disengage the impact of their own biases. With an added appendix that includes lessons for handling conflict and bias in the workplace, this book offers an invaluable resource for a broad audience, from individuals seeking to understand and confront their own biases to human resource professionals and business leaders determined to create more bias-conscious organizations in the belief that productivity, personal happiness, and social growth are possible if we first understand the widespread and powerful nature of the biases we don’t realize we have.”

The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In the Workplace (2016)

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The Diversity Advantage coverThe Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In the Workplace

by Ruchika Tulshyan

March 29, 2016

BarnesandNoble.com description:

“Close to one billion women will enter the global workforce by 2020, but these women are likely to drop out or get stuck in dead-end jobs.

Gender equality is a human rights issue, but engaging women in the workforce is primarily an economic issue-diverse leaders drive bottom-line growth and high-level innovation for global corporations. This book isn’t only for women, chief inclusion officers or HR practitioners. It offers insight and case studies from global leaders on why it’s a priority for everyone in an organization. To attract, retain and promote women, the best companies worldwide have made inclusion part of their entire culture, not just their hiring processes. Diversity in the workplace isn’t just the “right” thing to do-it’s a financially savvy strategy in today’s hyper-competitive digital marketplace.”