Unconscious Bias: When Good Intentions Aren’t Enough

Unconscious Bias: When Good Intentions Aren’t Enough, by Sarah E. Fiarman. Educational Leadership,  November 2016 | Volume 74 | Number 3.

“Deep-rooted biases hinder our best intentions. Learn how to recognize and address them.” A longer (5 pages) article that goes through a number of unconscious ways in which inequities can be perpetuated, and that challenges us all to hold each other accountable to make change.

 

 

“Some Very Basic Tips for Making Higher Education More Accessible to Trans Students and Rethinking How We Talk about Gendered Bodies”

by Dean Spade

Originally published in the journal Radical Teacher, Spade offers an overview of practices for using non-gender specific language and references in the classroom.