Analyze the harmful effects of unconscious biases on three different types of culture—race and ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation.
Explore whether or not funding from international lending institutions like the World Bank and the IMF are helping or hindering the social, economic, or political development of the country that you have selected.
August 7, 2017When did you first become aware of the concept of race? How did it impact your world view (please provide an example)
August 7, 2017Analyze the harmful effects of unconscious biases on three different types of culture—race and ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation.
People are imperfect creatures. Our upbringings, social histories, and past experiences create and shape our biases. To avoid being biased is to attempt to avoid being a person. Even when we believe that our biases can be ”positive,” they can still serve to be harmful to others.What is most interesting about biases is that they can be present without you realizing it. Those are the worst kinds of biases—unconscious biases. The problem with unconscious bias is the lack of awareness. An individual cannot fix a problem if there is no awareness that the problem exists. Sometimes we cannot combat biases because we do not know that we hold them. In this discussion, you will analyze the harmful effects of unconscious biases on three different types of culture—race and ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation.In your initial post to this discussion:
