South Huntsville Public Library
Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Author Dr. Mahzarin Banaji will discuss, Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People. This webinar will reveal the surprising and even perplexing ways in which we make errors in assessing and evaluating others when we recruit and hire, onboard and promote, lead teams, undertake succession planning, and work on behalf of our clients or the public we serve.
Mahzarin Banaji and her colleague coined the term “implicit bias” in the mid-1990s to refer to behavior that occurs without conscious awareness. Today, Professor Banaji is Cabot Professor of Social Ethics in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences and has received numerous awards for her scientific contributions.
It is Professor Banaji’s belief that people intend well and that the inconsistency we see, between values and behavior, comes from a lack of awareness. But because implicit bias is pervasive, we must rely on scientific evidence to “outsmart” our minds. If we do so, we will be more likely to reach the life goals we have chosen for ourselves and to serve better the organizations for which we work.
To join this event as a live webinar visit: https://go.hmcpl.org/blindspot or join us in the Classroom of the South Huntsville Library. No pre-registration is required for this Zoom or simulcast.
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This program is being done in conjunction with The Bias Inside Us, a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, that explores the social science and psychology of implicit bias, the impact of this bias, and what people can do about it. The City of Huntsville will host The Bias Inside Us from April 22 through May 21 at the Downtown Huntsville Public Library.
Find out more about the exhibition on our website- https://catalog.hmcpl.org/bias