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Option 3 is to re-train. Every time we see a woman of color think to ourselves "She's probably a powerful executive" and every time we see a white man in a suit
by bhntr3 10y ago
Option 3 is to re-train. Every time we see a woman of color think to ourselves "She's probably a powerful executive" and every time we see a white man in a suit we think "he's probably an executive assistant." Like a visualization technique.
The reality is that we're all biased but we're also malleable. If we understand how our biases manifest, we also understand that biases are pretty resilient to reason and goals. They need to be re-trained or manipulated (like through priming and other bias inducing mechanisms.)
This is what bothers me about unconscious bias training. They show that everyone is biased. But the solutions fail to acknowledge that the system can't change just through positive intention.