Social Justice: Bias
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Everything that is faced
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The assignments that have activities are in red.
Questions for Discussion:
- Do you agree or disagree with Shankar Vendantam and Mahzarin Banaji?
- As they discuss the incident compare it to your results from the Implicit Bias Test?
- What are other ways one might draw comparisons in behavior?
- Does this person's actions indicate that they are racist or is something else at work?
What is Implicit Bias?
Research on “implicit bias” suggests that people can act on the basis of prejudice and stereotypes without intending to do so. - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Research on “implicit bias” suggests that people can act on the basis of prejudice and stereotypes without intending to do so. - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Take the test for the following topics: 1. Race, 2. Skin Tone, 3. Weapons
Discuss your results with your fellow classmates or write a reflection responding to some of the questions on the Bias Worksheet.
Discuss your results with your fellow classmates or write a reflection responding to some of the questions on the Bias Worksheet.
We were unarmed, but we knew that blackness armed us, even though we had no guns.
― Ibram X. Kendi, How to be an Antiracist
― Ibram X. Kendi, How to be an Antiracist
- To continue the discussion on bias, watch the brief video (2 min:32) .
- Is the person who called the police a racist or exhibiting racist behavior?
- How does the man in the video feel?
- How do you think he "should" interpret the events?
- Consider and brainstorm on ways we can work towards combating our biases so we can more clearly respond to situations?
