TED TALKS LIVE Short - Unconscious Bias

(Filmmakers: Geeta Gandbhir and Perri Peltz)
In this mix of live-action and animation, a young boy of color navigates bias in the classroom and its impact on his future. The film also includes the voices of other children sharing their experiences, at school and at home, as they grow older.

[BradRHagerstownMD]

wow this makes so much sense to explain why kids (bipoc, adhd, asd spectrum, etc.) receive inappropriate and incompetent treatment from "expert" authority figures at school which leads to trouble at school and at home which leads to a "vicious spiral" of negative feelings about themselves and anti-social behavior that comes from the hurt they've experienced and feel inside. Excellent video, very enlightening!

[moni]

This makes me appreciate my parents a lot more because I went through this a lot in school were teachers would put me in position were they think what I did was bad. I got harassed to soon get in trouble for it. But my parents fought those things because they understand that they were using that biased thought against me. For me I had to give up a lot of things about myself to fit into that stigma that’s been pushed on me for so long, it practically destroyed me. Now 17 I guess I’m part of the ‘woke’ culture movement where being woke and understanding about the world yourself and other people, stuff that was so hidden and less talk about in my community. Now I’m trying to understand the unconscious bias and how it play so viscously against minorities and how it affects people long term. This physiological affect makes me wonder why isn’t this talk about in minority communities, especially considering how this is a form of racial biased. I’m glad to see videos like these to spread awareness about this form of oppression against minorities...

[sourismille]

tears in my eyes watching this. it's good to be aware of things, especially since this is said to be unconscious. I hope it will change soon for the better

[fouroneuno]

Wow I was brought to tears, this hit so close to home. 😢💔

[nayaria]

i am 11years old and my teachers are alway treating me like that.

[technovendor]

It's no body's fault actually, Society is mean so are the politicians and we don't expect much from them any good. Good people will always try to help others no matter what. Surely things can be improve through awareness such as this video. But in the end Boy or girl or any body when you come at your conscious, when you aware about your decisions and actions, Please try to do something good. Because there will be always some one who needs help.

Someone taught me to help someone, so I help no matter what.

[daughterofelroi]

This is brilliant! Such a powerful teaching tool on unconscious bias!

[v.a.]

And it goes on and gets worse in the workplace.

[Sz_lino]

I had to watch this video in class today but who’s here in 2020:)

[yoooo]

Unconscious bias happens more often in the real world.

[lj]

So teachers shouldn’t react to disruptive behaviour if the students are coloured?

[tanyasingstoo]

Give me these babies! all of them!! mercy! #iTeach

[neatoketo]

So sad. Ya know what was missing from this story? A father. Kids who have a mother and a father raising them somehow are able to avoid this "unconscious bias". It's really weird how that happens. We need to start having this conversation.

[paz]

This is the Pigmalion or Rosenthal effect. Through experiments they demonstrated how we behave according to how we are expected to behave, because we are social beings and want to adapt ourselves to what we are expected to do. So if the teachers or parents expect the child to misbehave, finally the child will. In both directions, possitive or negative. Not anyone should be able to be a teacher, they should have psychological tests and training. Most have so many traumas themselves they can only give shit to their students. Same with parents. But when you are paid to do your job as a teacher you should not allow yourself to pass your own issues to your students. And, one more thing, I am sorry, but after the last statement in this video I can't understand how people there to say the US is the country of opportunities. The country of opportunities for some, like so many other countries. It is not any especial at that point. So why they keep saying it like a tantra

[wendy]

Awwww, that's sad. I'm sad this comes from truth.

[freethought]

Excusing bad behavior because of skin tone is NEVER ok...no matter what race you identify as

[alexandrawinter]

i wonder how many of these experiences are from children who dont have fathers in the home?

[tadghb]

What I viewed was a reason to restructure our educational system. This system destroys children and later on destroys men and women. We need something designed to teach and give them a reason to want to learn. The bias comes from the system.

[spaceaddict]

Exact same thing happened to me still happening actually and I'm white so I don't think it's racism at work here I think your teachers just don't like you.

[yowsg]

This is want my deppresion roght know but doesnt show the meaness they just chhose the same girl whot gets straight As and best in sports and art and music i feel useless we had a debate and that girl was in the otuer team and eventhpugh my team won the teachers went like oh but i think her team won and ms promised a role but she replced years of jealousy 6 year actually and i hate myself but no video can explain that but no racism for me cause my country is mixed cultire but srsly someone needs to talk abt that just bc the best student is rlly the top of everyone else