Morning Edition NPR/Renee Montagne, David Greene/Oct 17, 2016
Link: How The Concept Of Implicit Bias Came Into Being
This interesting segment from Morning Edition talks about implicit bias: what it is and how it affects our society. Mahzarin Banaji, who co-created the theory of implicit bias 20 years ago, talks with the hosts about how our brains, and what we see around us, inform our biases. She also states how we need to ask ourselves why we feel as we do about something. We need to explore our feelings and thoughts to understand our biases.
"At any moment when we discover things about ourselves or about the world that are new, we have to expect the kind of reaction that we're getting. But the mark of an evolved society is how quickly do we come to terms with it" Mahzarin Banaji.
Relevance: Bias is such a relevant topic, especially in these tumultuous times. Hatred, bigotry, misogyny, homophobia; all these seem to meet us at every turn. We need to teach our children better ways to think deep thoughts and ask hard questions.
