Week 1 – Unconscious Bias

Our biases can be dangerous, even deadly — as we’ve seen in the cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner, in Staten Island, New York. Diversity advocate Vernā Myers looks closely at some of the subconscious attitudes we hold toward out-groups.

Instructions:

1. View the How to Overcome our Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them video.
2. Take the Implicit Association Test (IAT).
3. Post your reaction to the IAT results.
   • Do you agree or disagree? Why? Why not?