Some Thoughts on Blind Spot: Hidden Biases of Good People

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This is a n important book, especially as the country is confronting the murder of George Floyd and is consequences by Minneapolis police officers. How do we recognize and try to change the implicit biases "we all carry from a lifetime of exposure to cultural attitudes about age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, social class, sexuality, disability status, and nationality." It is disturbing, this "glimpse of our unconscious biases at work." Yes, this is a Powerful, challenging, and revealing" book. "Blindspot is an invitation to understand our own minds, and in the process, be fairer to those around us" (back cover).

I understand the need for the testing and the academic studies and accumulation of data. That can be off-putting. But this is worth wading through the numbers.



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