#SalonsAtStowe Recap: Ways to Get Involved and Continue the Conversation

Unlearning Unconscious Bias

On Thursday, April 16th, the Stowe Center hosted Unlearning Unconscious Bias, a Salon at Stowe on the implications and nature of implicit, or unconscious, bias. Featured guests included Maureen Price-Boreland, Executive Director of Community Partners in Action, Andrew Clark, Director of the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at Central Connecticut State University, and guest moderator Deb Ullman, CEO of the YWCA. 

More Information and Ways YOU Can Take Action 

Community Partners in Action 
http://www.cpa-ct.org/

Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy 
 http://web.ccsu.edu/imrp/default.asp

YWCA Hartford Region 
http://www.ywcahartford.org/

National Conference for Community and Justice 
https://nccj.org/

Implicit Association Tests 

ProjectImplicit, Harvard University 

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/ 

MTV’s Look Different 

http://www.lookdifferent.org/what-can-i-do/implicit-association-test 

Articles

Hey smug white people: You (yes, you) are racist, too 

Kali Holloway, AlterNet 

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/hey-smug-white-people-how-you-yes-you-are-racist-too 

The science of why cops shoot young black men; And how to reform our bigoted brains 

Chris Mooney, Mother Jones  

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/11/science-of-racism-prejudice 

Across American whites are biased and they don’t even know it 

Chris Mooney, The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/08/across-america-whites-are-biased-and-they-dont-even-know-it/ 

“It’s the Blackness that scares everybody”: Why white people favor “African-Americans” 

Brittany Cooper, Salon 

http://www.salon.com/2015/03/04/it%E2%80%99s_the_blackness_that_scares_everybody_why_white_people_favor_african_americans/ 

Black on black racism: The hazards of implicit bias 

Theodore R. Johnson, The Atlantic 

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/12/black-on-black-racism-the-hazards-of-implicit-bias/384028/ 

Why do millennials not understand racism? 

Jamelle Bouie, Slate

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/05/millennials_racism_and_mtv_poll_young_people_are_confused_about_bias_prejudice.html 

No such thing as racial profiling 

Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker  

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/eric-garner-racial-profiling 

Straight Talk for White Men 

Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times  

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/opinion/sunday/nicholas-kristof-straight-talk-for-white-men.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Fnicholas-kristof&_r=1

Action Steps 

-Have a willingness to have conversations on implicit bias and continue the conversation after the program ends
-Think about impact of language and action; Intent is often different than impact
-Combat "boot-straps" theory; Instead of criticizing individuals, critique institutional and structural inequities
-Embrace, instead of tolerate, diversity
-Educate yourself on biases against all identities; Understand, racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism, ageism etc. 

-Small actions build momentum- go into own community and be an "ambassador" for change
-Critically examine media
-Recognize race is a social construct, but that it still has social, political, and economic implications
-Check our own biases and privileges
-Take a Stand Against Racism with the YWCA 

What will you do to recognize and combat bias? What are you already doing? Let us know!