I recently resigned from my position as full tenured professor at the University of Toronto. I am now professor emeritus, and before I turned sixty. Emeritus is generally a designation reserved for superannuated faculty, albeit those who had.
7 tips to strengthen the mind through identifying and overcoming implicit bias
James Gray Robinson.
Science explains that our minds are like icebergs: Our conscious awareness represents 10% of the iceberg above the surface of the water, and our unconscious awareness represents 90% of the iceberg unseen below the surface of the water. We are not aware of 90% of our thoughts/brain functions, which are unconscious by definition.
Implicit bias, which is a relatively recent concept in the psychiatric field, attempts to describe the unconscious prejudices and stereotypes we form without conscious awareness. It is human nature to have biases, whether we want to admit to them or not.
2020 taught us how to fix this
FILE A cashier wears a mask while working at a Whole Foods Market in Washington, April 14, 2020. Businesses are lobbying Congress for protections against coronavirus-related lawsuits, but unions and Democrats fear a liability shield would encourage reckless behavior. (Ting Shen/The New York Times)
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3rd Jan 2021
This is the year that broke the truth. This is the year when millions of Americans and not just your political opponents seemed impervious to evidence, willing to believe the most outlandish things if it suited their biases, and eager to develop fervid animosities based on crude stereotypes.
David Brooks: 2020 taught us how to fix this
Implicit bias is absolutely real. Courses to reduce its effects don’t seem to work.
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A sign announcing the store is closed is shown on the door of a Starbucks in Detroit, May 29, 2018. Starbucks closed more than 8,000 stores nationwide to conduct anti-bias training, the next of many steps the company is taking to try to restore its tarnished diversity-friendly image.
By David Brooks | The New York Times
| Dec. 31, 2020, 9:10 p.m.
This is the year that broke the truth. This is the year when millions of Americans and not just your political opponents seemed impervious to evidence, willing to believe the most outlandish things if it suited their biases, and eager to develop fervid animosities based on crude stereotypes.