Best of the Archives: Why You’re Not Seeing the World Clearly— and How to Fix It | Jessica Nordell
Jessica Nordell is a science and culture journalist who has written for the Atlantic and the New York Times. She earned a B.A. in physics from Harvard and an M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her new book is called The End of Bias, A Beginning: The Science and Practice of Overcoming Unconscious Bias.
Photo Credit: Leslie Plesser
In this episode we talk about:
- Why humans have biases
- What happens physiologically when biases are challenged
- Why some of the most popular personal and institutional strategies for confronting biases do not work
- The role that mindfulness and loving-kindness can play in reducing bias
Full Shownotes: https://www.meditatehappier.com/podcast-episode/jessica-nordell-rerun
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Book Mentioned:
The End of Bias, A Beginning: The Science and Practice of Overcoming Unconscious Bias
Other Resources Mentioned:
- Travis Dixon
- Wendy Berry Mendes
- How Slack Got Ahead in Diversity - The Atlantic
- White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism, Robin DiAngelo
- Resmaa Menakem
- James Baldwin
- Charles W. Mills
- Lama Rod Owens
- #253 An Uncomfortable (But Meaningful) Conversation About Race | Lama Rod Owens — Ten Percent Happier
- Patricia Devine, The Prejudice Habit Breaking Intervention
- Is This How Discrimination Ends? A New Approach to Implicit Bias - The Atlantic
- Yoona Kang, Ph.D.
- The IAT (Implicit Association Test)
- The nondiscriminating heart: lovingkindness meditation training decreases implicit intergroup bias
- Gordon W. Allport, Contact Hypothesis
- Buffalo Soldier (1983) - Bob Marley & The Wailers
- The Marley hypothesis: denial of racism reflects ignorance of history
- Sebene Selassie, Whose Thoughts Are You Thinking?
- J. Krishnamurti
- Making Differences Matter: A New Paradigm for Managing Diversity
- Cultural Diversity at Work: The Effects of Diversity Perspectives on Work Group Processes and Outcomes - Robin J. Ely, David A. Thomas, 2001
- What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team - The New York Times
