Resources from Speakers at the 2022 Rotary Peace Conference
1. Resources for Overcoming Bias Against People with Disabilities
2. Mental Health Parity and Bias Eliminations Resources Websites
3. Resources concerning bias against those in poverty and homelessness
4. LGBTQ+ Resource List Prepared by Jaime Fivecoat
5. Advocating Against Bias – Healthcare
6. Resources for Challenging Bias against the Formerly Incarcerated
7. Resources on Bias in Education prepared by Dr. Edward Anderson
Articles
To Overcome Unconscious Bias, You Must Recognize That It’s Deeply Ingrained in Your Brain
Everyone, even the best intentioned among us, has unconscious biases: deeply ingrained, sometimes subtle prejudices against people who are in marginalized groups or embody a trait with which we don’t want to be associated.
Everyone is a Bit Biased
Everyone has biases. It’s true. Having a bias doesn’t make you a bad person, however, and not every bias is negative or hurtful. It’s not recognizing biases that can lead to bad decisions at work, in life, and in relationships.
Implicit bias speaker: ‘If you have a brain, you have a bias’
Science tells us, if you have a brain, you have a bias. Bias is a way of sorting out information that comes into our brain,” he said. “It’s based on stereotypes about a person or group and it’s automatic.
Implicit Bias — Is It Really?
It means that all of us — even the most seemingly aware, educated or socially conscious business people — still have biases. We have a biological preference for those we see as “like” us.
Here’s Why Having a Brain Means You Have Bias
For leaders, it’s important to learn to mitigate that bias before it negatively impacts decision-making and work environments. Bias is an inevitable part of the human condition.
14 Ways Leaders Can Effectively Address Unconscious Biases In Others
People don’t usually mean to behave in a biased manner or make others around them feel uncomfortable; many times, they aren’t even aware that they’re doing it when it happens.
This library lets you borrow people instead of books
It did not start well. The transgender woman was waiting at a table when the other woman showed up. She stood up and extended her hand. The other woman refused to take it.
How Confirmation Bias Works
Where do your beliefs and opinions come from? If you’re like most people, you feel that your convictions are rational, logical, and impartial, based on the result of years of experience and objective analysis of the information you have available.
Colourism: How skin-tone bias affects racial equality at work
Colourism is a form of discrimination based on skin tone, perpetuated by the global beauty industry, where sales of skin-lightening products are projected to reach $8.9 billion by 2024.
Bias vs. Stereotype
The difference between bias and stereotype is that a bias is a personal preference, like or dislike, especially when the tendency interferes with the ability to be impartial, unprejudiced, or objective.
If you have a brain, you have bias!
Bias plays out everywhere: in the workplace, in the media, and in our communities. The word often carries a negative connotation – that if we have bias, we must be prejudiced.
16 Unconscious Bias Examples and How to Avoid Them in the Workplace
The best way to reduce unconscious biases is to become aware of them. Start here with 16 examples of unconscious bias and tips to reduce them.