How to Outsmart Your Own Unconscious Bias | Valerie Alexander | TEDxPasadena

[napriaa]

She's an amazing speaker, true stories, statistics, confidence, genuine passion. Eqalism IS important and Everyone needs to be apart of it.

[ashleypeters]

I really like the reminder not to take on other people's jobs. I am definitely very guilty of feeling like I need to help everyone around me, and I never thought of that as something that might have been a product of unconscious biases in my own upbringing or in the people around me asking that of me. The more we are aware of those kinds of behaviors and thought patterns, the more easily we can combat them.

[charlottieeoppolo]

What a great presentation.I love how she quickly has the audience think about the images we perceive. Great job!

[serenarobak]

Isn't the ability to include humor in a serious subject just wonderful?!

[joycemuriithi]

This is a great webinar about unconscious bias. I just recently learned the terminology. I am a victim of someone wanting to help me out and correcting me so many times unnecessarily until I started thinking something was not right-I and did not think about it as biased. I have learned about my own unconscious bias today, and I will make an effort to work on it. How little thing can make such a difference in one's life-The? Unconscious bias is uncalled for.

[theseragilo]

I have shared this with friends, family and now my workplace.

THIS is EXACTLY what EVERYONE should be reflecting on right now.

Together, we can create a world of equality.

[rileydelallo]

I have an English assignment about a passion of mine which I've chosen about how we can stop racism as individuals. And although this video focuses on gender issues, unconscious bias can effect people in so many ways. I am going to use the visualization exercise on my class mates during my speech and see if this helps them become more open minded.

[aliceallgrown]

Trying to get someone to examine their beliefs and behaviours is so difficult. Your talk is empathetic and invites people to examine themselves without being confrontational and I am really hoping sharing it with my certain someone might get them to examine themselves with more of an open mind.

[missodegard]

Loved this so much! Great tools to help us truly examine our behaviors and unconscious biases. Great pre-/post- visualization exercises that reinforced we can change.

[michellestarr]

Valerie, wow, thank you for that brain exercise. Now only, if we ALL can perform that every day unconsciously. Would be nice to have it shown regularly on all media to help engrain into our brains.

[jeanclaudejonya]

A well-structured and constructive speech that one of us can use to avoid falling into the errors of prejudice of any kind.

[LittleRascal]

Great TED Talk. Very enlightening and well done.

[iamcoachmichaelmcbride]

Outstanding presentation. It makes you really examine one's thoughts and how we apply them in our everyday lives.

Well done !✔

[kayluvsexy]

Always something to learn any time I watch this video.

[susanneyoung]

GREAT You could of been on my dais back in the day if you had been born then of speakers like Paul Harvey, Art Linkletter, Zig Ziglar, Earl Nightingale, etc ….Your presentation was spot on. I have always been a bull in a china shop when it comes to how I'm perceived and I have always said to my hubby that a man could of said the same thing and it would be accepted....and he always agrees with me and has tried to caution me about coming across that way...but I never listened. Instead I was summarily dismissed from the job that had my heart and soul. But that was a God thing that I won't get into here. Needless to say I really enjoyed your

[Cliffhouse]

The IAT does not meet commonly accepted standards of reliability and validity for a psychometric test. The creators know this, but apparently have no compunction to disclose it to the general public. It's become so commonly accepted that to question it now results in unfounded accusations of racism to shut people up. It's reprehensible.

[tenzintsomo]

I throughly enjoyed this while learning something! Two years later and still relatable!

[barbaraross]

Great talk. I love this kind of information. You delivered it perfectly. I hope you present more often.

[burleybater]

So bias must be kept in check - out of fear of psycho-meddling, punishment, job loss, public shaming, harassment, etc ad nauseum.
We are all bundles of billions of biases.
Keeping a hateful or hurtful bias in check requires decency, moral and ethical stamina, and a healthy conscience.
All these are quite possible to achieve without being politicized in any way.

[jessicamaker]

Well done! Thoughtful, engaging, and honest.