Considering Bias

Considering Bias

Toddler walking on a nature path deciding to take a left or right.

On a daily basis, often without realizing it, we display preferences that have a powerful impact our interactions with others. In these very short, engaging videos from the New York Times (each is under three minutes), we can learn about ways that each of us may be biased, and how to change our thinking so that these biases have less of a negative impact on our relationships.

As Vermont becomes more culturally, socially, and economically diverse, raising your own awareness of potential biases can help you work better with–and offer perspective to–children and youth, birth parents, social workers, and community members.  

Watch these videos here: Who, Me? Biased?

Share your thoughts: Were you surprised by what you saw in these videos? How could the concepts in these videos impact your interactions with young people?

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000004818663/peanut-butter-jelly-and-racism.html

Deidra Razzaque (she/her) 
Training and Coaching Specialist – VT-CWTP

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