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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Having a growth mindset means embracing learning, yet entrenched prejudices are often hard to overcome.
Chapter 3: We can measure unconscious bias today, and the outcomes are typically disappointing.
Chapter 4: People often downplay their privileges unless offered something positive to focus on as a reassurance.
Chapter 5: Unconscious biases are often subtle and widespread, and it takes effort to overcome them.
Chapter 6: Privileged individuals wield the most power to counter unconscious bias and uplift minorities.
Chapter 7: Developing racial identity awareness takes time, and it’s crucial not to give up too soon along the way.
Chapter 8: Pretending to be color-blind isn’t helpful, nor is categorizing people in any way at all whatsoever.
Chapter 9: To build inclusion at companies, hear every voice and distribute credit honestly too.
Description
The Person You Mean to Be (2018) offers an accessible guide to the complex world of unconscious biases. Unconscious biases are the assumptions and associations we all have about people who are of a different gender, race, sexual orientation or class than we are. Author Dolly Chugh explains how these unconscious biases work and what we can do to overcome them.
Who Should Listen
- Students of human behavior and gender studies
- Anyone who thinks they aren’t prejudiced
- People who want to be more open-minded