Exploring Reflections and Conversations of Breaking Unconscious Racial Bias. Sydney Spears Ph.D., LSCSW

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Exploring Reflections and Conversations of Breaking Unconscious Racial Bias Sydney Spears Ph.D., LSCSW

Race the Power of an Illusion: The Difference Between Us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7_yhur3g9g

Racial Prejudice Intergroup preconceptions- attitudes & emotional responses Racial Stereotypes Cognitive component of intergroup bias-ànegative & positive Unconscious Racial Bias Automatic hidden reactions to racial material in favor of or against a person or group that is typically unfair or harmful

Stories of Blindspots OUR Hidden Unconscious Bias

Our Hidden Iceberg: Our Unconscious Stories

Neuroplasticity What we experience, do, & repeatedly thinking about becomes internalized in the brain/mind as our reality. Held in the limbic system of memory & emotion as well as areas of frontal cortex What wires together Fires together, but flexible Neural network firing strengthens Associations and Repetition

Unconscious Bias Researchers Implicit Association Test (IAT) measure strength between associations Harvard, Virginia, and Washington Mahzarin Bangji, Anthony Greenwald & Malcom Gladwell David Amodio Neuroscientist, Researcher, and Psychologist Susan T. Fiske Researcher of Psychiatry, Social Psychology

Neuroscience-Based Research Prejudiced reactions are linked to structures in the brain that activate rapidly Mirror neurons: Dominant groups/individuals tend to mirror others less than non-dominate groups or individuals Dominantà More Power & Less Empathy

Racial Stereotypes Cognitive component of intergroup bias negative or positive cognitive associations Encoded/storage associations influence one s perception and behavior Supported by the anterior temporal lobes (social knowledge retrieval) Medial and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (social impressions)

Racial Prejudice and Bias Research Findings Unconscious Racial Bias Only 12 percent of prejudice/bias expression is overt Unconscious (automatic) bias -> Can result from one situation Automatic detection of fear, threat, or mistrust Supported by the amygdala (early threat or reward processing) Fear conditioning involving the amygdala

Neuroscience & Bias Amygdala activation is frequent when subjects view members of racial outgroups mainly supported by: Orbital frontal cortex (processing affective cues & judgments) Insula (visceral reaction and related emotions) higher activity Medial prefrontal cortex (empathy and social impressions) Striatum (approach response)

Role of the Amygdala (Am) in Unconscious bias White subjects viewing images of black faces or mouse tracking Amygdala activation was greater in response to darker than light (Am) Response is stronger with initial or brief exposures (Am) response in some studies may show anxiety about appearing prejudiced

Neuroscience & Bias Pairing an unrelated task while viewing images of racial outgroup, race will not drive the (Am) response (i.e. identifying team members, preferences) Pairing social traits will activate the amygdala (i.e. age) Some studies found no (Am) activation in response to racial groups Methods focused on tasks rather than directly upon race

Neuroscience & Bias Literature suggests (Amygdala) activation is from a conditioned threat and mistrust reactivity to racial outgroups Increase of bias when stressed, approved by authority, or peer pressure Inconsistencies between subject s perception of prejudice and behavioral bias expression found from research measures such as the IAT IAT à conceptual association, intentions, and cognitive control

Shooter studies University of Chicago Study Psychologist, Joshua Correll Police officers, community members, and students playing video game Whites tended to shoot armed Blacks faster than other armed Whites Faster to avoid shooting an unarmed white man than unarmed White man Biases register on the brain as quickly as one-fifth of a second

Unconscious mind-brain Bias Regulation Difficult to detect, control or changeà Cultural reinforcement, emotional/cognitive associations, and the subconscious unconscious nature of the mind Biased tendencies regulated from brain structures for cognitive control, perspective taking, empathy, & conflict processing, response inhibition (PFC: anterior/posterior cingulate cortex) Subjects with positive attitudes toward POC showed greater activity in the left Prefrontal Cortex- (cognition control, attention, and cognitive processing) Top down regulation needed for regulation of automatic bias

Brain-mind Hardwired Biases Why? Safety/Protection Scanning the Environment Certainty Comfort and Inclusion Sameness/similarities to self Attraction to noticing novelty Negativity Confirmation: Evidence of personal perspective Category-Making with Complexity (race, gender) Patterns (quick processing) Tribe/closeness

Brain-mind Hardwired Biases Fast Brain (Emotional)à Quick Generalizations w/o details Reporting-Recallà Selective Attention Associations Repetition Default Mode Network Connection to Others Cooperation Fairness

Unconscious Bias Story Mitigation Left Prefrontal Cortical activation-slow brainreflection Common Humanity Compassion Acknowledge your biases Self-awareness of reacting differently to certain racially diverse people

Unconscious Bias Mitigation Mindfulness: Pause, notice & label your own potentially biased language and thinking: Curious about Discomfort Awareness of racial generalizations (i.e. some ) Prior to decision-making, judgments, evaluations, or responses assess for potential racial biases

Unconscious Bias Mitigation Disguise names or other racially identifying information during hiring Considering another s POV or a check-in buddy New linkages/associationsà Positive traits Challenge stereotypes and racial biases

Unconscious Bias Mitigation Increase exposure interpersonal cross-racial experiences Common humanity, self-compassion, and compassion for others Challenge organizational racial explicit and implicit biases (policies, procedures, communication, practices) Notice what our children are absorbing