In the Malcolm Baldrige School of Business, we have made a commitment to diversity and inclusion and have included discussions on this topic in several of your courses. In this discussion, we will respectfully tackle the sensitive topics of bias and microaggressions. As a manager, or employee you may have to handle or even experience bias, discrimination, stereotyping and microaggressions.
Please watch the following two videos and then post your response to the questions below.
Watch VideoHow to Outsmart Your Own Unconscious Bias | Valerie Alexander | TEDxPasadena
Duration: 17:24
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP-cqFLS8Q4
Watch Video
Eliminating Microaggressions: The Next Level of Inclusion | Tiffany Alvoid | TEDxOakland
Duration: 9:00
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPqVit6TJjw
Connect the opportunities and challenges of communicating in a diverse workplace with the videos. As a manager of a diverse team, how can you prevent biases and microaggression from impacting your team’s ability to communicate? Conduct research and/or use your personal experience and provide at least one technique to support diversity and inclusion.
In response to your peers, build upon and enhance a classmate’s technique to support diversity and inclusion.
