Microaggressions and Bias Interupters

Hello all,

This week's focus is on microaggressions and bias interrupters.

This first resource gives us some good information about microaggressions, including a few scenarios that can help make the concepts clear.

Microaggressions in the Workplace

From the website, "In today's diverse workplaces, recognizing and addressing microaggressions is crucial for fostering an inclusive atmosphere where every individual feels valued and respected. "

We often don't know that we are holding assumptions about groups of people that influence how we treat them, talk about them, and what opportunities we offer them. And because of these assumptions, we can hurt them and limit their success with microaggressions. We have to learn more in order to do better- so I hope you'll take the time to read through this website.

This second resource offers great tips for how to interrupt bias as it shows up in meetings.

Bias Interrupters Toolkit: Meetings

From the website, "Having expertise increases men’s influence—but decreases women’s. This is just one way subtle biases play out in meetings.Research also shows that men interrupt women, more than vice versa. And across industries, women in our studies consistently report that someone has gotten the credit for an idea they originally posed. In our survey of architects, half of women of color and white women reported having their ideas stolen, compared to less than a third of white men and men of color. Multiracial women reported an even worse experience: almost two-thirds reported that they had an idea stolen."

This website also offers specific toolkits for performance evaluations, Hiring & Recruiting, Flexibility, Compensation, and Access to Opportunity.

We can do better for all our colleagues!

All the best,

Holly