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The end of bias : a beginning : the science and practice of overcoming unconscious bias
- Title
- The end of bias : a beginning : the science and practice of overcoming unconscious bias / Jessica Nordell.
- Author
- Nordell, Jessica
- Publication
- New York, New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
- ©2021
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| Text | Request in advance | HM1091 .N67 2021 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 353 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- The End of Bias: A Beginning is a transformative, groundbreaking exploration into how we can eradicate unintentional bias and discrimination, the great challenge of our age. Unconscious bias: persistent, unintentional prejudiced behavior that clashes with out consciously held beliefs. We know that it exists, to corrosive and even lethal effect. We see it in medicine, the workplace, education, policing, and beyond. But when it comes to uprooting our prejudices, we still have far to go. With nuance, compassion, and ten years' immersion in the topic, Jessica Nordell weaves gripping stories with scientific research to reveal how minds, hearts, and behaviors change. She scrutinizes diversity training, deployed across the land as corrective but with inconsistent results. She explores what works and why: the diagnostic checklist used by doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital that eliminated disparate treatment of men and women; the preschool in Sweden where teachers found ingenious ways to uproot gender stereotyping; and the police unit in Oregon where the practice of mindfulness and specialized training has coincided wtih a startling drop in the use of force. Captivating, direct, and transformative, The End of Bias: A Beginning brings good news. Biased behavior can change; the approaches outlined here show how we can begin to remake ourselves and our world. --
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Social Science / Discrimination.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part I: How bias works. The chase ; Inside the biased brain ; How much does everyday bias matter? -- Part II: Changing minds. Breaking the habit ; The mind, the heart, the moment ; The Watts jigsaw -- Part III: Making it last. Designing for flawed humans ; Dismantling homogeneity ; The architecture of inclusion ; Unbreaking culture -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 9781250186188
- 1250186188
- 9781250186171 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2021022445
- 99990230926
- 40030770549
- OCLC
- on1251737286
- 1251737286
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries