Unconscious Bias Training, Page 6 Reviews

The training did a good job of explaining the concept of unconscious bias, but I'm not sure how effective the methods it proposed for tackling unconscious bias would actually be- is there any evidence that the ACT method works? It also completely ignored the reasons that people might have unconscious biases about certain groups - which might be due to norms embedded in society and the way in which it operates for certain privileged groups to maintain power (i.e. racism and misogyny are due to white supremacy and patriarchy) and changing these systems is vastly more complex than an individual can deal with by themselves. My main concern is that this type of training, which makes it an individual's responsibility to recognize and challenge their own biases will be completely ineffective, but will allow an organisation to say that they have 'tackled unconscious bias' by staff attending this training, rather than by examining the power structures inherent in the way it operates.There was a particular example which I also felt was inappropriate, about someone thinking a male colleague was 'creepy' and being asked to challenge that as an unconscious bias. Given the prevalence of male on female sexual harassment and violence, maybe women should trust their instincts about a colleague being creepy, rather than try to dismiss it as unconscious bias.

The thought police are taking over. No one has any right to tell anyone else how or what to think. Big Brother is watching. Scary stuff.

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Most people learn not to judge a book by its cover when they're a child. This course subjects grown adults to the type of talk you'd give a 3-year-old. Gee, I never knew not to stereotype people before! Thanks for bringing this to my attention! That was definitely half an hour well spent.

this won't change racists, and it won't change selfish people or bullying - there's always people who enjoy power, privilege, and enjoy treating people differently.this felt like a pure tick box exercise with the requirement to learn a few bits of jargon from psychology; diversity is billed as good (and so it is) but most places I've ever worked in have a similar set of people (personalities). What you should also be aiming for is a diversity of personalities, not just a diversity of looks/religion/race/gender. Maybe it's more important to have both public and privately educated, regional and other accents, different life viewpoints, political beliefs. I also feel the students should have diversity and anti-bullying classes, not only staff.

A very long-winded and stilted way of spelling out incredibly important, but simple concepts

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Suffers from all the problems on unconscious bias training as it removes any suggestion of power structures in the workplace or wider society and the systemic nature of discrimination. It's not all about difference and experience! The information was basic enough that I could successfully parrot the correct answers back in the test, but I don't feel I've learned anything useful, except to confirm my conscious, considered opinion that unconsciousness bias training is not a useful way to combat oppression.