1. UNDERSTANDING

2. Agenda Building a Base for Understanding Differences Privilege
Learning and Perpetuating Biases
Moving From Unconscious to Consciousness

3. Objectives Increased knowledge of various biases
Recognition of bias in self
Addressing bias in others
Being a change agent for equity

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Encourage and foster the ideal of service, high ethical standards, and international understanding, good will, and peace.

5. Tolerance
The appreciation of diversity and the ability to live and let others live. It is the ability to exercise a fair and objective attitude towards those whose opinions, practices, religion, nationality and so on differ from one's own

6. Intolerance
The failure to appreciate and respect the practices, opinions and beliefs of another group

7. Being Different

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9. Definitions
Culture: The customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group
Prejudice: A negative attitude toward a group and persons perceived to be members of that group; being predisposed to behave negatively toward members of the group.
Stereotype: A positive or negative trait or traits ascribed to a certain group and to most members of that group

10. Definitions
Race - is an unscientific, social concept of human difference based on skin color
Ethnicity - refers to the cultural origins of one’s family
Nationality - which refers to the nation of one’s citizenship

11. Prejudice vs. Discrimination

12. Privilege
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13. Diversity Wheel

14. Cognitive Bias Codex - 180+ biases, designed by John Manoogian III
Biases Created From
Outcomes
Too much information
Not enough meaning
Need to act fast
What should we remember
Information overload sucks, so we aggressively filter. Noise becomes signal.
Lack of meaning is confusing, so we fill in the gaps. Signal becomes a story.
Need to act fast lest we lose our chance, so we jump to conclusions. Stories become decisions.
This isn’t getting easier, so we try to remember the important bits. Decisions inform our mental models of the world.

16. How Are Biases Reinforced?
Once learned, stereotypes and prejudices resist change, even when evidence fails to support them or points to the contrary.
People will embrace anecdotes that reinforce their biases, but disregard experience that contradicts them. The statement "Some of my best friends are _____" captures this tendency to allow some exceptions without changing our bias.

17. How Do We Learn Prejudice
Children begin to acquire prejudices and stereotypes as toddlers.
As early as age 3, children pick up terms of racial prejudice without really understanding their significance.
Form attachments to their own group and develop negative attitudes about other racial or ethnic groups, or the "out-group".
Most children acquire a full set of biases that can be observed in verbal slurs, ethnic jokes and acts of discrimination.  

18. HOW DO WE PERPETUATE BIAS?
Conformity with in-group attitudes and socialization by the culture at large.
Mass media routinely take advantage of stereotypes as shorthand to paint a mood, scene or character.
Omission in popular culture, as when TV shows present an all-white world.

19. what can we do to reduce the effect of implicit bias?
 No easy answers.
Biases could be creeping in.
No way to be totally certain that we’re being 100 percent fair at all times.
Concrete steps that individuals and institutions can take to reduce the effects of implicit bias.

20. Reducing Individual Bias
 Become aware of the habit and being motivated to change are necessary first steps.
Try to focus on concrete positive and negative factors and your memory of what actually happened, rather than relying on overall “gut” feelings.
Notice when your responses, decisions, or behaviors might have been caused by bias or stereotypes, and make an intention to think positive thoughts

21. Reducing Individual Bias
Imagine, in detail, people who violate expected stereotypes in a positive way and practice thinking about these positive examples.
Thinking about these people may help make these counter stereotypic examples pop up in your mind in the future.
Make an effort to assess and think about members of stereotyped groups as individuals. Recall their individual traits and how they differ from stereotypic expectations.

22. Knowledge
Understand the power structure of society and how less powerful groups are treated.
Acquire knowledge about the particular group(s) with which you work.
Aware of the institutional barriers that prevent members of disadvantaged groups from benefiting from organizational and societal resources.

23. Beliefs & Attitudes – Be Aware
Sensitive to your own cultural heritage and respect and value different cultural heritages.
Own values and biases and how they may affect your perceptions of other cultures.
Comfortable with the fact that there are differences between your culture and other cultures' values and beliefs.
Sensitive to your own personal biases, racial/ethnic identity, and other cultural factors

24. Skills
Use a wide variety of verbal and nonverbal responses when dealing with differences
Intervene promptly and appropriately on behalf of people when they receive negative attention due to their sex, culture, race/ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or gender expression

25. Survey - Want to Know More?
Unconscious Bias
Cultural Competency
Emotional Intelligence