2 0 1 5 WA S H I N GT O N S TAT E B E C C A C O N F E R E N C E

Unpacking Stereotypes and Implicit Bias:

What Drives our Behaviors?

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

TURN AND TALK

• What racialized groups are stereotyped as being criminal?

• What are some of the labels and stereotypes of these groups of people?

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BLIND SPOT: HIDDEN BIASES OF GOOD PEOPLE

“A quarter century ago, most psychologists believed that human behavior was primarily guided by conscious thoughts and feelings. Nowadays the majority will readily agree that much of human judgment and behavior is produced with little conscious thought.”

–Mahzarin R. Banaji & Anthony G. Greenwald

IMPLICIT BIAS

ACKNOWLEDGE DIFFERENCES

• Avoid colorblind ideology and stereotype suppression• Recognize individual and group differences

CHECK YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS

• Engage in perspective taking

• Remove distractions

• Use decision making support tools

COUNTER NARRATIVE

COUNTER NARRATIVE

National Hispanic Media Coalition, The Impact of Media Stereotypes on Opinions and Attitudes Towards Latinos, September 2012

Ilsa.Govan@CulturesConnecting.com

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+ 1 LEARN MORE ABOUT IMPLICIT BIAS

• Take an IAT: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/ • Read follow up studies:

www.ncsc.org/ibreport • Come to a Cultures Connecting workshop