Reflecting back on most of my answers, I, unfortunately, have not given these answers much thought until my college experience began a few years ago. In my hometown, I only went to school with two or three black students, and everyone else was white and mostly of the same culture and background; there is not much diversity. I did not really encounter diversity until college, and it was easy to open my circle of friends because I was very eager to meet and establish relationships with people of all races, cultures, and backgrounds. Therefore, questions 1, 5, 7, and 8 are most important (to me) for a person to uncover their own bias. People could use these questions to reflect on how much empathy and acceptance they have for others. I found that if a person is unwilling or hesitant to expose themselves to a range of diverse people and experiences, they can “peek” as Hedreich said into the lives experienced by others using social media, literature, TV, and film. Ultimately, a person needs to be open-hearted and open-minded to accepting their implicit biases and working through them. I do this through attending plays and musicals that express different stories than those I am used to; for a person to uncover their own biases and change, they need to carve time out to explore on their own.
