Implicit Bias & Owning Whiteness (Polyvagal Theory & Anti-Racist Practice)

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Implicit Bias & Owning Whiteness

Its only implicit until you can address it directly

In the film above, created specifically to support the anti-racist practice of White folks, we take a deep dive into what implicit or unconscious bias actually is, at a physiological level, and begin to explore practices to better understand, and to subsequently deconstruct it. This film is a complement to How Whiteness Operates, and extends terms and concepts that articulated there.

Related Practices:

See How Whiteness Operates. See Interoception. See Common Ways of Disconnecting, Relational Mindfulness, Reflective Listening.

Who taught us this?

We have been studying this for years with Lee Mun Wah and Rainbow Markell. We have been informed by the work of Jennifer Eberhardt. Our thinking has been shaped by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coats, Robin DiAngelo, Anne Rhodes, and John Biewen, as well as our colleagues D'Andre Fisher, Dr. Karla Scott, Dr. Jen Carerra, Carianya Napoli, Tiara Maldonaldo, Earl Simms, Eric Pankonin, Doug Woodson, Rucha Chitnis, Serife Wong, Katrin Welch, Salina Mae, Cherine Badawi, Natalie Thoreson, and others.

Who taught us this?

We have been studying this for years with Lee Mun Wah and Rainbow Markell. We have been informed by the work of Jennifer Eberhardt. Our thinking has been shaped by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coats, Robin DiAngelo, Anne Rhodes, and John Biewen, as well as our colleagues D'Andre Fisher, Dr. Karla Scott, Dr. Jen Carerra, Carianya Napoli, Tiara Maldonaldo, Earl Simms, Eric Pankonin, Doug Woodson, Rucha Chitnis, Serife Wong, Katrin Welch, Salina Mae, Cherine Badawi, Natalie Thoreson, and others.

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