Discussing topics that contain bias situation or requires a statement on white privilege, I have never had a problem opening up about it. I feel as though it is a topic that may not always be a comfortable thing to discuss, but it should be considering it is an ongoing issue.
I definitely feel as though educational environments challenge the implicit bias issues in daily life. Being in a classroom setting and talking about it gives you a chance to look at things from a different perspective when you hear other classmates or even the professor give their take on it.
Most times people who are caught up in this, and are usually bias they just aren’t educated on whatever other party is being discussed. Different videos or readings showed in class has helped me realize that while so many people in the world may come off as bias, most of the time they don’t even realize it.
The biggest challenge I would say is acknowledge the fact that you may come off as bias somethings, and work towards trying to fix it. Before taking my Storytelling Media & Diversity course I had in fact never heard of an ‘implicit bias’ test. Reading the disclaimers and following along through the actually activity was quite interesting.
The first one I had decided on was the Asian ITA test. There was no particular reason as to why I chose that one first. In all honestly my initial reaction was that this was pretty different. At first, I didn’t really understand how the activity was going to be able to determine whether or not I was bias. The results caught my attention, so I read as much as I could for a better understanding.
https://www.apa.org/research/action/speaking-of-psychology/understanding-biases
K. McQueen 