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Ge Getting tting Re Real al Ab About out Bia Biases ses an and Issues d Issues Re Related lated to to Bi Bias as Kenne neth h Roach, ch, Ed.D .D., ., LCMHC HC Wendy dy Thomas, mas, MS, , ACMHC MHC The Universi versity


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Kenne neth h Roach, ch, Ed.D .D., ., LCMHC HC Wendy dy Thomas, mas, MS, , ACMHC MHC The Universi versity ty of Phoenix, enix, Utah Campus pus Utah Mental tal Health alth Counselors nselors Assoc

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MHCA) ) Annual ual Conferen nference ce March ch 16 16, 20 2019 19 Salt lt Lake ke City, y, Utah

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Presentation Values & Goals

  • Amnesty
  • For expressing opinions/beliefs
  • Respect
  • Not necessarily for content, or what is being said
  • Willingness to listen
  • Even when difficult
  • Biases are like belly-buttons
  • Everyone has one (or more?)
  • Safety
  • Desirable, unable to guarantee
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Please jot down a few of your reactions to the following images…

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Anyone willing to share reactions? (Not just the safe ones?)

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Where are we now? Talking past each other? Post-racial America? And why does this matter (ethics)?

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Signs of Bigotry

  • Not listening
  • “Get over it”
  • “Why are you ‘holding on’ to the past?”
  • Hate Speech / Microaggressions
  • “Race card”
  • Isolation / Discomfort
  • Defensiveness
  • Stereotyping / Generalizing
  • “Otherizing”
  • “You people…Those people”
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Causes of Bigotry?

  • Projection
  • “Rich people are selfish and only care about themselves!”
  • Jealousy
  • “Those ‘welfare queens’ need to get a job!”
  • Insecurity
  • “She got hired because they needed a Black woman at the company.”
  • Experience --> Generalization
  • Tribalism / Fear / Ignorance – Role of Media
  • “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume,

are good people….” (Number 45)

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“Success Stories”

  • Failures…
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Solutions (?)

  • “Own” it?
  • Explore it
  • Understand it
  • Question it
  • Challenge it
  • Share it
  • Find community to support growth
  • Other?