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Everyday Bias

Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives

by Howard J. Ross
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If you are human, you are biased.
From this fundamental truth, diversity expert Howard Ross explores the biases we each carry within us. Most people do not see themselves as biased towards people of different races or different genders. And yet in virtually every area of modern life disparities remain. Even in corporate America, which has for the most part embraced the idea of diversity as a mainstream idea, patterns of disparity remain rampant. Why?
Breakthroughs in the cognitive and neurosciences give some idea why our results seem inconsistent with our intentions. Bias is natural to the human mind, a survival mechanism that is fundamental to our identity. And overwhelmingly it is unconscious.
Incorporating anecdotes from today's headlines alongside case studies from over 30 years as a nationally prominent diversity consultant, Ross help readers understand how unconscious bias impacts our day-to-day lives and particularly our daily work lives. And, he answers the question: "Is there anything we can do about it?" by providing examples of behaviors that the reader can engage in to disengage the impact of their own biases. With an added appendix that includes lessons for handling conflict and bias in the workplace, this book offers an invaluable resource for a broad audience, from individuals seeking to understand and confront their own biases to human resource professionals and business leaders determined to create more bias-conscious organizations in the belief that productivity, personal happiness, and social growth are possible if we first understand the widespread and powerful nature of the biases we don't realize we have.

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  • Release date

    September 5, 2014

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    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781442230842

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      • ISBN: 9781442230842
      • File size: 952 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 8, 2014
      To be human is to harbor deep and unconscious biases; this book aims to bring what is otherwise subterranean to light. Written by one of the nationâs leading diversity and leadership consultants, Ross swiftly shifts from research to personal experience to current events to illustrate the ubiquity of bias in our minds. The author is most convincing when he draws on major news stories to illustrate the layers bias at work. He explicates the 2012 shooting of Trayvon Martin, clearly pointing to multiple underlying biases and the resulting implications. Other parts of the book are not as illuminating and the connection to bias gets lost in explanations, for example, the section on selective attention seems equally as relevant to an array of psychological phenomena. The practical steps for dealing with bias that are provided in the last chapters do offer some consolation. We might never fully eradicate our biases, but Rossâs study can at least help us to coexist more peacefully with them.

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  • English

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