In class we looked at this today because some companies make staff, especially recruitment staff, go through unconscious bias training which is meant to reduce you judging people on a surface level.
Now unconscious bias is basically you reacting to a person based off appearance and prejudice. This reaction isn’t always obvious though and you may not even be aware of it.
So what do you think of unconscious bias?
How do you think it should be reduced?
Do you think companies should implement mandatory unconscious bias training?
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I think they should make teachers do this too 
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Oh god yeah
The amount of times I’ve walked into the room and the teacher has decided not to like me
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I think that people should be judged based on their actions, not on thoughts that you aren’t even aware of. Analyze your actions and words, instead of digging into this rabbit hole.
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I don’t think we can control unconscious bias.
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No but the training is more to prevent it from causing you to discriminate
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I don’t really know, I think it just informs people about it more.
This is an example.
[here](https://www.engageinlearning.com/course/unconscious-bias/?cpv=2&utm_term=unconscious bias training&utm_campaign=Unconscious+Bias&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_tgt=kwd-447531943374&hsa_grp=53831165925&hsa_src=g&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_mt=e&hsa_ver=3&hsa_ad=269926198989&hsa_acc=3698781464&hsa_kw=unconscious bias training&hsa_cam=1405962652&gclid=CjwKCAiAlajvBRB_EiwA4vAqiE7iiFpAZlTfhSX5sl2hOy8M691_7FP32l2_y8TgRNRagruXtgNnvRoCsu8QAvD_BwE)
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We definitely need it. You can’t control your thoughts but you can choose how they manifest. A small prejudiced thought will come out behind closed doors eventually, then spoken and then in actions. It doesn’t seem like much but it’s goes a long way.
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Which is needed. It won’t get rid of it completely, but it will help reduce it.
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I swear one day I’ll get that link to work
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Okay, but they only teach you how to notice your bias, not how to stop having it… 
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Yeah unconscious thoughts become conscious
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If you can notice your bias then you can stop yourself acting on it
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It’s hard to get rid of bias though without completely brain washing a person. People are entitled to their opinion but as long as it doesn’t hurt other people I don’t see a problem. The training teaches you not to act on your bias but if you truly want to get rid of it then only you can do that.
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But how can a person get rid of their bias?
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You kinda need to think about the way you are thinking
Say for example my bias was that every person who wears green boots is an a**hole.
In order for me to get over it, I’d have to realise how dumb that is.
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I just don’t think that this is the right way to solve this problem…