My favorite part was when Verna Myers said, “The real
problem of unconscious bias is that its unconscious.” You’ve got to go looking
for it. Look at the scope of your friendships, consider who you’ve invited to
your home. People don’t like to dig for their bias because it means recognizing
we’re human in a way that we don’t like to be human. Also, I hadn’t considered racial
bias’s influence on medical care. Because of how medical care is set up, no
matter what you do on your end, you receive as much care as the doctors/staff
feel inclined to give you… and studies show that that care is not always equitable.
I also like how they left on the positive note that the brain is malleable… and
you can learn, change, and get better.
