Self in Context

Implicit Bias

Refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner.

Explicit Bias

Biases that some individuals may choose to conceal for the purposes of social and/or political correctness. Eg. Overt racism, sexism

What are bias’

Biases are the mistakes our brain makes in building its patterns & categorizations of the world

How are bias’ formed?

• Experience and social conditioning

  • Cultural conditioning

  • Media portrayals

  • Upbringing and Role Modeling

Equity

Achieving parity in policy, process and outcomes for historically and/or currently underrepresented and/or marginalized people and groups while accounting for diversity

Equality

All human beings have an equal worth regardless of their colour, gender, race, or nationality

Privledge

Advantages and benefits that individuals receive because of social groups they are perceived to be a part of

Stereotyping

Beliefs we hold about the characteristics, tendencies, and competencies of social group

How has this impacted me or could impact me

Bias:

• I could be disicimated against due to peoples bias’ because I am a woman or because I am young

• I could hold bias’

Stereotype:

• I could be stereotyped because I am a woman and young

• I could hold unjust stereotypes against others

What are real world examples:

• Unjust incarcerations of black people and their unjust arrests and excess use of force against them by police officers

• Thinking that women are dumber than men

Can I identify example of bias, stereotyping, and prejudice in media?

Bias:

• Sensationalism: bias in favor of the exceptional over the ordinary, giving the impression that rare events, such as airplane crashes, are more common than common events (news)

• Political bias (News - fox)

Sterotyping:

• Blond women are dumb (movies)

Prejudice:

• Asian “model minority” (film/TV)