Implicit Bias: The Hidden Brain (MC06 - Room 108)

Facilitated by Courtnea Rainey and Angela Davis, participants will explore the hidden biases we all carry from a lifetime of exposure to cultural attitudes about age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, social class, sexuality, disability status, and nationality, through reflective practice activities and using their personal results from the Implicit Bias Test (Harvard’s Project Implicit Tool). 

Objectives:

  • Define Implicit Bias
  • What are the “Mind Bugs & Myths” and where do they come from?
  • Into the Blind Spot: The Implicit Association Test (IAT)
  • The Hidden Cost of Stereotypes
  • Knowledge In Action

Please access the Project Implicit tool and take the following Implicit Association Tests:

Race IAT

Disability IAT

Bring your results with you. You will not be asked to share specific results with the group. The copy of your results is for your reference.

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/education.html

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