Great Description of Unconscious Bias by Mary Carroll
Unconscious Bias describes how the brain functions to make quick decisions, and why it sometimes is super helpful and other times not so much.
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Why is Silicon Valley so awful to women?
Excellent Article. Talks about how corporate culture matters, and insights into the strengths and weaknesses of unconscious bias training. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/why-is-silicon-valley-so-awful-to-women/517788/
Black Americans more likely to be wrongfully convicted
African Americans are only 13% of the American population but represent almost half of innocent defendants wrongfully convicted of crimes and later exonerated since 1989. http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/07/politics/blacks-wrongful-convictions-study/index.html
Uber invesitagates sexual harassment allegations by ex-employee
Leadership makes all the difference in corporate culture. Putting corporate systems in place that effectively and professionally handle harassment and performance evaluation claims leads to healthy and productive work-environments. It’s a win/win/win for corporations, employees, and customers. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/business/uber-sexual-harassment-investigation.html
Ashton Applewhite weighs in on Ageism for the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/opinion/sunday/youre-how-old-well-be-in-touch.html