Tagged: implicit bias
the trick is to not
the trick is to not
react any differently,
to try to resist
that lizard brain, no offense
to lizards, try not to jump
.
20211005:2018
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as conspiracy
as conspiracy
theories go, we all keep a
bag handy and just
out of reach, lest we are tempted
to reinforce our biases
.
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perhaps for the first
perhaps for the first
or second or eighty-fifth
time you are exposed
to an unfamiliar
element, something
outside of your comfort
zone, be curious,
ask before you judge
.
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muhammad takes an
muhammad takes an
earful of data points and
tests them with the
individuals he
encounters, asks
questions out of
earnest curiosity,
interpolates and
extrapolates with
enough wonder
.
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on approach, it is
on approach, it is
always too late to swerve – we will
unwittingly make
judgments, tweak stereotypes, get
closer without getting closer
.
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there are levels
there are levels
to these patterns –
the human brain
sears onto a go-to
memory card
the image of
young urban
thing standing
in front of
establishment with
the word trouble –
i am asking you to
flip through several
cards down for
the one that is
grayer, with patterns
more painful
to access,
those invisible
interlocking systems
.
20180528:0943
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here we are, feeling
on uneven ground,
on uneven ground,
we have pretended
long enough
for self-esteem to
fray, patterns
to solidify,
thoughts
to slant
with no foothold
.
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