“The point isn’t to get people to accept that they have biases, but to get them to see [for themselves] that those biases have negative consequences for others.”
— Theresa McHenry, HR Director at Microsoft UK
Tag Archives: prejudice
Prejudice is a burden
“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.”
— Maya Angelou
Unconscious perceptions govern many of the most important decisions we make
“Unconscious perceptions govern many of the most important decisions we make and have a profound effect on the lives of many people in many ways…. Unconscious patterns can play out in ways that are so subtle they are hard to spot.”
— Howard Ross, Founder of Cook Ross Inc.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “The Danger of a Single Story”
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie delivers a Ted Talk about growing up in Nigeria with British (& white) cultural values, expectations, and stereotypes.
“The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.”