just took UNCONSCIOUS BIAS training at work

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  1. Darthcervantes

    Darthcervantes Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I was really surprised. I thought they were gonna blast white people but when they showed examples of people being biased they pretty much threw every race in the mix.
    Very refreshing and not what I expected. No rules for thee but not for me vibes.
    It must have been made by a conservative.
    I guess these things really CAN be done without blaming whites for everything.
     
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    "It must have been made by a conservative ..." I see you failed the Unconscious Bias course. Oh well. Better luck next time.
     
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    Darthcervantes Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    According to the training, EVERYONE has unconscious bias. and it should always be pointed out. Thanks for pointing that out, i will look to further improve myself
     
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    I dont have any unconscious bias. I'm quite well aware of it...
     
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    I chuckled.
     
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    How does one change thoughts when they are unconscious?
     
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    Darthcervantes Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I guess the easiest ways are 1) if someone points it out 2) thinking a little more before speaking
    I'm sure its almost impossible to NOT ever do but I think its something that is improve-able.
     
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    I've always been told/taught that you may not be able to change the thoughts, but you can recognize them and not react based on them. Part of good unconscious bias training, which it sounds like was part of yours, is showing that we all have these thoughts in one way or another. Basically, they have to be destigmatized so people are more likely to acknowledge and deal with them.
     
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    He was doing so well until the partisan snark
     
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    Did you sleep through it???
     
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    Darthcervantes Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    No, they managed to make it not be boring. It wasn't like watching Rocky 4 or anything, but not too bad.
     
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    Can you name any such course that DOES claim that only whites have such bias?
     
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    Darthcervantes Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Not one that CLAIMS it straight out but definitely that IMPLIES it (yes i know that isn't proof, just answering your question)
    An example was the sexual harassment training they had us take. EVERY video example they gave of someone sexually harassing someone, the perp was a WHITE DUDE in EVERY EXAMPLE and they switched up the races of victims but not of the harasser. Was there text in it saying "ONLY WHITES DO THIS", NO, but it was certainly implied.
    It reminded me very much of the Gilette toxic masculinity add which showed a black guy stopping a white guy from harassing a woman. Because you know, black men never HOLLA at the ladies
    So there you go. And this recent training had NONE of that stuff so it was a nice refreshing change of pace.
     
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    Whereas the sexual harassment training at my company had examples of men and women being the harasser.
     
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    ours had some women examples of THEM being the harasser...take a wild guess what color they were
    WHITE
     
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    not sure I get the negativity in here but this was supposed to be a positive thread. I went into this training already rolling my eyes and expecting social justice "whites are evil" BS and it turns out, there was none of that and this was done WELL.
    REJOICE for this is a positive thread!
     
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    You might want to focus your outrage at your company. The training I went through was clearly much different than yours.
     
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    Darthcervantes Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    NOOOOO. Being OLD, WHITE and MALE means I keep my mouth shut at work about any opinions about any of this stuff. This is the new norm. also, this thread isn't about the harassment training. I was just trying to answer that person's question. This was about BIAS training and i found the training to be very UN BIASED
     
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    Not familiar with backhanded compliments, eh?
     
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    Not really. but if i took something the wrong way then sorry
     
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    I was referring to your backhanded compliment. But since you’re not familiar with what that means I’m not going to waste my time explaining it.
     
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    rocky4? the best rocky was the one with mr t. "eye of the tiger"
     
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    White flag accepted. I appreciate your acknowledgement that you've got nothing and are just projecting your nonsensical assumptions onto others.
     
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    Darthcervantes Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I appreciate you totally ignoring my valid example. (its the common response from lefties on here that have NOTHING for a rebuttal). hey at least you gave words and not a meme...thats progress Good job
     
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    I'm really glad to hear that. I've heard some bad things.

    It was almost certainly made by liberals. If you like something liberals (most likely) did, and find it fair, why would you respond by insulting liberals?
     

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