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Everyday bias, identifying and navigating unconscious judgments in our daily lives, Howard J. Ross

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-179) and index

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Everyday bias

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Howard J. Ross

identifying and navigating unconscious judgments in our daily lives

From the dust jacket. "If you are human, you are biased," writes Howard J Ross, a lifelong social justice advocate and one of the world's leading authorities on unconscious bias. Since it originally appeared, Everyday Bias has helped thousands of readers to identify and confront the unconscious bias in themselves and others. Most people do not see themselves as biased toward people of different races or different genders. And yet, in virtually every area of modern life, disparities remain. Even in corporate America, which has for the most part embraced the idea of diversity as a mainstream idea, patterns of disparity remain rampant. Why? Through succinct explanations of the latest advances in social science and medical research and telling stories drawn from everyday life, Ross explores the biases we each carry within us. Breakthroughs in the cognitive and neurosciences give some idea why our results seem inconsistent with our intentions. Bias is natural to the human mind, a survival mechanism that is fundamental to our identity. And overwhelmingly it is unconscious. Incorporating examples drawn from today's headlines alongside case studies from over 30 years as a nationally prominent diversity consultant, Ross helps readers understand how unconscious bias impacts our day-to-day lives and particularly our daily work lives. And, 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. With an added appendix that includes lessons for handling conflict and bias in the workplace, this book offers an invaluable resource for a broad audience, from individuals seeking to understand and confront their own biases to human resource professionals and business leaders determined to create more bias-conscious organizations in the belief that productivity, personal happiness, and social growth are possible if we first understand the widespread and powerful nature of the biases we don't realize we have

Introduction : blinded by the light of our bias -- If you are human, you are biased -- Thinking about thinking -- The many faces of bias -- Life, death, arrests, and unconscious bias -- Who has the power? -- Like water for the fish : #MeToo and networks of bias in everyday life -- Shifting to neutral : how we can learn to disengage from bias -- Incubators of consciousness : creating more conscious organizations -- Conclusion : a brave new world, a grand new journey

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