From the course: Communicating about Culturally Sensitive Issues
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Working with our biases and beliefs
From the course: Communicating about Culturally Sensitive Issues
Working with our biases and beliefs
- Would driving in terrible weather conditions change the way that you drive? Of course it would. How often do we stop to consider the conditions within our own mind before having a conversation? Not often enough. We all have biases, but these don't necessarily make us bad, they make us human. We most often hear the term bias when referring to prejudice against people arising from things like race, gender, sexual orientation, or disability. But more broadly, a bias is just a preference towards something or a prejudice against something. We all exhibit bias in some form in all aspects of our life. In order to conserve energy, our brain organizes the incredible amount of information it receives into categories. This is great when classifying low-level things like toothpaste and cereal, but it can be highly problematic when it comes to categorizing people. For example, if you hold stereotypes or prejudices about a particular…
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