We want to create schools that are inclusive and culturally competent toward all diverse people. Yet, we know that there are implicit and unconscious bias that gets in the way of our acting in congruence with our values. Learn the science of cognitive biases we all have and what we can do to mitigate them.
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Implicit and Unconscious Bias:
Bridging the Distance Between
Professed Values and Daily Behaviors
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Goals for the Day
Basic Definitions
Implicit and Unconscious Bias
Bringing it Home to Phillips Andover
Next Steps
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Basic Definitions
Diversity: Difference, Variety
Diversity is Value Added:
Business Portfolio
Biodiversity
Creativity
Innovation
5. Diversity of Identity and Culture
This model of identifiers and culture was created by Karen Bradberry and Johnnie Foreman for NAIS Summer Diversity Institute,
adapted from Loden and Rosener’s Workforce America! (1991) and from Diverse Teams at Work, Gardenswartz & Rowe (SHRM 2003).
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Basic Definitions
Inclusion: A sense of belonging,
worthiness, and value one feels in an
organization
Are you an owner or an employee?
Are you “in the family” or are you a guest?
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Inclusion Parable:
The Giraffe
and the Elephant
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Basic Definitions
Equity: providing opportunities and
access to all so that every person can
achieve his/her full potential. Equitable
treatment involves acknowledging
diversity, recognizing and celebrating our
differences, and eliminating the barriers
that prevent the full participation of all
peoples.
9. Equality vs Equity
Everybody gets a shirt versus everybody
gets a shirt that fits.
Giving everybody some insulin in
equality. Giving only people who are
diabetic some insulin is equity.
What is “fair”?
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The Human Brain
How much of what you see, hear, feel,
experience, etc. are you aware of?
How much of what you do is under
conscious control?
How accurate is your judgment of what
you see, hear, feel, experience, etc.?
How fair minded are you?
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“…the human mind takes in 11 million
bits of information every minute. But is
consciously aware of only 40.”
Timothy Wilson, University of Virginia
And since your brain cannot process 11
million bits of information a minute, it
takes mental shortcuts
The Human Brain
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Mental Shortcuts Example
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty
uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid!
Aodccrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it dnsoe't mttaer in waht oredr the
ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is
taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit
pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you
can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is
bcuseae the hmuan mnid deos not raed ervey
lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Azmanig huh?
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Mental Shortcuts Example
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Our Limited Brain
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Our Limited Brain
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Our Limited Brain
#1 #2 #3
SLB CFLTK CFLTK
SPRND HLMG CFLTK
SLB SPRND SLB
SPRND HLMG CFLTK
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Our Limited Brain
#1 #2 #3
GREEN BLUE GREEN
RED YELLOW YELLOW
PURPLE BLUE RED
GREEN RED PURPLE
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Our Limited Brain
#1 #2 #3
RED GREEN YELLOW
BLUE GREEN BROWN
RED YELLOW BLUE
BROWN BROWN BLUE
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37. Implicit Bias
An Implicit Bias is a preference for OR against a
person or group of people. That operate at the
subconscious level. We are NOT aware that we
have them.
Triggered automatically through rapid
association of people/groups/objects and our
attitudes AND stereotypes about them.
Run contrary to our stated beliefs and attitudes.
We can say that we believe in equity (and truly
believe it). But then behave in ways that are
biased and discriminatory.
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39. Partisan Bias
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Study by Shanto Iyengar and Sean J Westwood
40. Partisan Bias
Republicans and Democrats Were Asked:
Would you be pleased, displeased, or
unmoved if your children married someone
from the other political party?
1960 5% R and 4% D would be upset
2008 27% R and 20% D would be upset
2010 49% R and 33% D would be upset
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41. Implicit Bias in Daily Life
Black Facial Features Prison Sentences
Asians in Leadership
Women as Leaders
Black Boys as Older and Less Innocent
Resume Studies
Weight and Laziness
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42. Implicit Bias in Daily Life
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43. What Can We Do About It?
Perspective Taking
Increased, Meaningful, Inter-Group Contact
Stereotype Replacement
Improvement of Decision Making
Counting and Systematizing
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47. Moving from Professed Values
to Lived Values
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48. Final Questions or Comments?
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49. Presenter Information
Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
6th Faculty and
Professional Outreach
Seattle Girls’ School
2706 S Jackson Street
Seattle WA 98144
(206) 805-6562
rlee@seattlegirlsschool.org
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