This is the last in a 5-part series I've been doing on unconscious bias. These are made up of episodes 121, 122, 123, 124, and 125. I wanted to share some of the content of my in-person/Zoom three-hour unconscious bias workshop. In Episode 121, I provided an introduction, and in 122, I did most of the background section, in 123 I finished the background and then talked about unconscious bias purpose and description. In 124, I walked through two segments titled “Filters, Lenses, & Worldviews” and also “Types of Biases. Then in this last one I share strategies to help us do better. I also have resources below. I hope you have enjoyed this series! Enjoy the summer.

Videos:

Check Our Bias to Wreck Our Bias (The New York Times): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8ZFDqzAmEE&t=2s

To Reduce Implicit Bias, Build Friendships that Cross the Racial Divide (The New York Times): https://www.facebook.com/nytimes/videos/10151017214134999/

Press PAUSE to Disrupt Bias – Conclusion (Cook Ross): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btuHeIM7nBU

ASSESSMENT: Harvard Project Implicit Bias Tests: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/

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

MODEL: Use a Cook Ross tool called PAUSE:

• Pay attention to what's actually happening beneath the judgments and assessments.

• Acknowledge your own reactions, interpretations, and judgments.

• Understand the other reactions, interpretations, and judgments that may be possible.

• Search for the most empowering, productive way to deal with the situation.

• Execute your action plan.

If you are just joining and haven’t listened to Episodes 121, 122, and 123, I’d recommend listening to those first, as I’m in the middle of sharing the content of my unconscious bias workshop. The face to face or Zoom versions are very interactive and are 3 hours, but I’m condensing it, but still wanted to share it. In Episode 121, I provided an introduction, and in 122, I did most of the background section, in 123 I finished the background and then talked about unconscious bias purpose and description. Today, in 124, I talk through “Filters, Lenses, & Worldviews” and “Types of Biases. I’ll just have one more episode in this series for episode 125, and then I’ll halt for the summer.

Videos:

Black Doll, White Doll: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybDa0gSuAcg

#Like A Girl (Always): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjJQBjWYDTs&t=3s

Addressing Unconscious Bias (McKinsey & Company):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8UIW_Pi5wU&t=6s

Activity & Questions:

1. Select a key event or element in your life, as farback as you can remember, that has impacted how you engage with the world.

2. Consider how it impacted your relationship to trust,safety, authority figures, and ways you relate to others.

3. Think about how it might impact the way you behave inthe workplace.

4. What are your core values and how do these shape yourviews?

5. How did faith impact your biases and how has thatimpacted your values and behaviors?

6. How were your perceptions of social roles shaped bygroups (e.g., community, religious, military) to which you belong?

If you are just joining and haven’t listened to Episodes 121 and 122, I’d recommend listening to those first, as I’m in the middle of sharing the content of my unconscious bias workshop. It is 3 hours when I do it in person or on Zoom, but I’m condensing it for this podcast. In Episode 121, I provided an introduction, and in 122, I did most of the background section. In this episode I finish that up and then talk about the purpose and description of unconscious bias. I'll have two more episodes left in this 5-part series. In person provides of course deeper development, this hopefully this helps some. Listen in!

VIDEOS:

PAUSE to Disrupt Bias – Bart (Cook Ross): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM3EneHUN_g

Basketball Awareness Test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB_lTKZm1Ts

McGurk Effect –Auditory Illusion (BBC Horizon Clip): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k8fHR9jKVM

Inspire Her Mind (Verizon Commercial): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yND9hDpPwYA