We all know that unconscious bias training does not in any way lead to anti-racist organizational change, but we need to stop talking about it as if it is benign... it is not.

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Unconscious bias training is not just simply a 'tick- box exercise', it is a deliberate organizational decision and it is dangerous.

These are just SOME of the reasons why....

[1] The origin of 'unconscious bias training' was a response to a growing social movement- it was not designed to create equality, but to limit corporate risk.

[2] It focuses on the individual and diverts attention away from the structures and systems individuals work within... The employees are made to feel guilty, while the systemic constraints remains in place.

[3] You cannot measure unconscious bias and so you cannot develop an intervention that can demonstrate any reduction in bias- there is no output, action or accountability attached to the process...

[4] EDI remains peripheral to and disconnected from day-to-day operations as @TanaDJoseph beautifully states "EDI needs to be seen as just as important as health and safety, because it is essentially is the health and safety of all staff"

[5] It allows those who are unwilling to change, to develop the skills to disguise their prejudices... not all biases are unconscious.

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