How Recognizing Unconscious Bias Could Have Helped Prevent Racist Event at Valley Swim Club

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 I know everyone has moved onto the Henry Louis Gates story, which is awful-I would be furious if that happened to me-oh, wait, it did, after I accidentally set the alarm off in our new house before I knew the code.  When the police arrived I said something coy like “I have absolutely nothing in…

Politically Correct Language Does Nothing for Blatant Racism

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Comedian Elon James White’s take on Pool Racism In intercultural communications, the emphasis is on cultural understanding and appreciating that sometimes people might unintentially offend because of unconscious bias. Such was not the case with 60 African American children who were kicked out of a pool at a private club in Philadelphia, being told that…