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Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Unlearning Unconscious Bias with Dr. Jack Glaser

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

We're all subject to forms of bias and prejudice. On this episode, Forrest and Rick are joined by Dr. Jack Glaser, an expert on intergroup bias and racial prejudice, to explore what we can do to overcome our innate tendencies.  About the Guest: Dr. Jack Glaser is a Professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. He studies intergroup biases and the unconscious operation of stereotypes and prejudice, and is particularly interested in racial profiling. Jack is also the author of Suspect Race: Causes & Consequences of Racial Profiling, and is on the board of the Center for Policing Equity. Support the Podcast: We're on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link. Key Topics: 2:15: Jack’s history, what drew him to the study of bias. 4:50: What is implicit bias?  10:30: What’s the purpose of bias, where does it come from, and what consequences does it create? 18:15: How individual biases scale up to groups and systems. 23:10: The myth of meritocracy. 25:30: Assimilation, accommodation, and bias. 27:25: Errors of attribution.  30:00: The lens we view our world through, and “alternative facts.” 36:00: Can we become less biased? 42:45: Can we deliberately override our biases through effort? 48:45: Fighting bias is an ongoing process.  50:30: Bias under pressure, and what we can do. 1:01:10: “The brain does crazy stuff sometimes.” 1:03:00: Recap From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need.  Sponsors: Explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/BEINGWELL and get a free trial of their Premium Membership. Want to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription. Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month!  Connect with the show: Follow us on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to being well I'm Forrest Hansen. If you're new to the

0:07.2

podcast this is where we explore the practical science of less and well-being and

0:11.6

if you've listened before welcome back. I'm joined today

0:14.8

as usual by Dr Rick Hansen, so Dad, how are you doing today? I'm good and I'm

0:19.2

particularly happy about this opportunity to talk with my friend and someone I've learned from already

0:25.0

Jack Lacer professor at UC Berkeley. Yeah today we're very very happy as you just

0:30.1

said to welcome a wonderful social psychologist and an absolutely world-class

0:34.3

expert on stereotyping bias and discrimination. Jack is a professor at the Goldman School

0:40.5

of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. He studies intergroup biases and the unconscious

0:45.0

operation of stereotypes and prejudice, particularly focusing on the implications of subtle forms

0:50.2

of bias for law enforcement. In particular he's interested in racial profiling

0:55.2

especially as it relates to the psychology of stereotyping and has conducted research

0:59.6

on extreme manifestations of bias and prejudice,

1:03.1

including hate crimes.

1:04.6

Jack is also the author of suspect race,

1:06.9

causes and consequences of racial profiling,

1:10.0

and is on the board of the Center for Policing Equity.

1:13.0

So Jack, thanks so much for joining us today.

1:14.9

How are you doing?

1:15.9

I'm doing okay, considering the state of the world.

1:19.3

Well, I'm glad, yeah.

1:22.8

One of the lines that we had a guest on who said that they were COVID okay,

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