1. What your reflections from the video?
- I think it's a really interesting topic, and it's a big problem in our society. Unfortunately there are many people out there who will fight tooth and nail to deny the existence of their implicit biases, rather than comfront them. As the PBS article states, even when people are made aware of their implicit biases, that by itself is usually not enough to cause a change in behavior.
2. In what ways have you examined your implicit biases before coming to Turing?
- I try to confront my biases by practicing open-mindedness to ideas and viewpoints that can reshape my own.
- I subscribe to creators on social media who focus on exposing the disparities that afflict individuals as a result of racism, patriarchy, whiteness, etc.
- Other accounts I follow publish content on the capitalist systems that perpetuate these biases in the public to protect the interests of the upper classes.
- I also read books, watch documentaries, and listen to podcasts that address ma