Anti-Systemic Racism Resources: Microaggressions & Implicit Bias

From Diverse Issues in Higher Education. 5 May, 2020.

Anticipate the ways that bias is likely to arise in your online learning environment and consider the most equitable and educational ways to address it. The information and strategies here encourage instructors to address microaggressions before they happen, as well as when.

June 5th, 2020 article from CNN.

June 2020 re-broadcast from 2018. As pertinent as ever. “ Microaggressions are everyday slights and indignities some people encounter all the time - while others aren’t even aware they’re committing them.”

2020 New York Times artcle.

Informative 2019 article from the popular YES magazine.

Excellent guide for everyone who has ever or will ever bear witness to an act of bigotry. How to find your voice.

Lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals who are also racial/ethnic minorities (LGBT-POC) are a multiply marginalized population subject to microaggressions associated with both racism and heterosexism.

An excellent chart that maps out microaggressions and their effect. (from DiversityintheClassroom, UCLA Diversity & Faculty Development, 2014).

From their blog, this 2017 article defines implicit bias simply and eloquently. Part of their ongoing social justice blog commentary, one has to love them for their activism as much as their ice cream.

"A primer on the impact of implicit biases in schools and how they can be expressed by students and faculty."

Scholarly article tracing the historical roots of implicit bias.

Scholarly and lengthy definition of Implicit Bias with a lengthy bibliography attached.

This is an excellent site filled with articles, videos, tools and other resources. "Heard the term “implicit bias” but not totally sure what it means? Interested in reading the seminal studies? Just like TedTalks? Animated videos? This is the place for you…"

Interview with psychologist Anthony Greenwald was republished with permission from Knowable Magazine. The original article was published on June 4, 2020.

Project Implicit is a non-profit organization and international collaboration between researchers who are interested in implicit social cognition - thoughts and feelings outside of conscious awareness and control. The goal of the organization is to educate the public about hidden biases and to provide a “virtual laboratory” for collecting data on the Internet.