Apr 18, 2016
Revelations from an unconscious bias program
Most people are resistant to noticing bias when confronted with it at a rational cognitive level. This resistance is triggered by fear, embarrassment or the personal and vital inclination to defend and protect ourselves and our vulnerability.
The thing is, when we fear exposing our vulnerability or when fear overwhelms us, we typically perpetuate what we are actually frightened of. We shut down, withdraw, defend, deny, hide become rigid and binary in our thinking.
When gripped with fear, unconsciously held, we lose our capacity to think expansively, productively, inclusively about the decisions we make, the ideas we hold and the actions we take.
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