Everyday Bias
eBook - ePub

Everyday Bias

Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives

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  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Everyday Bias

Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives

About this book

"We are certain we are 'one' person, not a thousand different selves reacting unconsciously to thousands of different stimuli. Everyday Bias is an important guide to seeing oneself the way others might." - Ken Burns, filmmaker

To be human is to be biased. From this simple truth, nationally recognized diversity expert Howard J. Ross explores the biases we each carry within us. Incorporating anecdotes from today's headlines alongside case studies from over 30 years of diversity consulting, Ross helps readers understand how unconscious bias impacts our day-to-day lives and, particularly, our daily work lives.

He answers the question: "Is there anything we can do about it?" by providing examples of behaviors that the reader can engage in to disengage the impact of their own biases. Originally published in 2014, the updated edition draws new examples from today's headlines, such as the #MeToo Movement, police shootings, and bias in the ever-more-partisan Trump era.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. If You Are Human, You Are Biased
  5. Thinking about Thinking
  6. The Many Faces of Bias
  7. Life, Death, Arrests, andUnconscious Bias
  8. Who Has the Power?
  9. Like Water for the Fish
  10. Shifting to Neutral
  11. Incubators of Consciousness
  12. Conclusion
  13. Appendix
  14. Notes
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index
  17. About the Author