Best of the Archives: Why You’re Not Seeing the World Clearly— and How to Fix It | Jessica Nordell

Jessica Nordell is a science and culture journalist who has written for the Atlantic and the New York Times. She earned a B.A. in physics from Harvard and an M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her new book is called The End of Bias, A Beginning: The Science and Practice of Overcoming Unconscious Bias.

Photo Credit: Leslie Plesser

In this episode we talk about:

• Why humans have biases
• What happens physiologically when biases are challenged
• Why some of the most popular personal and institutional strategies for confronting biases do not work
• The role that mindfulness and loving-kindness can play in reducing bias

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Where to find Jessica Nordell online:

Jessica’s Website  

Twitter: @jessnordell

Book Mentioned:

The End of Bias, A Beginning: The Science and Practice of Overcoming Unconscious Bias

Other Resources Mentioned:

• Travis Dixon
• Wendy Berry Mendes
• How Slack Got Ahead in Diversity - The Atlantic
• White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism, Robin DiAngelo
• Resmaa Menakem
• James Baldwin
• Charles W. Mills
• Lama Rod Owens
• #253 An Uncomfortable (But Meaningful) Conversation About Race | Lama Rod Owens — Ten Percent Happier
• Patricia Devine, The Prejudice Habit Breaking Intervention  
• Is This How Discrimination Ends? A New Approach to Implicit Bias - The Atlantic
• Yoona Kang, Ph.D.
• The IAT (Implicit Association Test)
• The nondiscriminating heart: lovingkindness meditation training decreases implicit intergroup bias  
• Gordon W. Allport, Contact Hypothesis
• Buffalo Soldier (1983) - Bob Marley & The Wailers  
• The Marley hypothesis: denial of racism reflects ignorance of history
• Sebene Selassie, Whose Thoughts Are You Thinking?
• J. Krishnamurti
• Making Differences Matter: A New Paradigm for Managing Diversity
• Cultural Diversity at Work: The Effects of Diversity Perspectives on Work Group Processes and Outcomes - Robin J. Ely, David A. Thomas, 2001  
• What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team - The New York Times

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