Unconscious bias—also known as implicit social cognition—refers to thoughts and feelings that are outside of conscious awareness and control. Although we all would like to believe that we are ...
Unconscious bias is only a small part of the picture. An organisation needs to tackle conscious bias and structural bias alongside unconscious bias. If they don’t tackle all three then the ...
However, the reality is different. Failing to recognise that a lot of our decisions are biased and consequently ‘sub-optimal’ can be risky. The unconscious processing system is vital to us but can ...
“The difference between racism and unconscious bias,” he said, “the two things are different.” He went on to argue that unconscious bias could become racism if it was pointed out to the perpetrator ...