Implicit Bias Deserves Our Explicit Attention

Authors

Kimberly Jade Norwood, Washington University in St. Louis School of LawFollow

Document Type

Essay

Publication Date

2014

Publication Title

St. Louis Lawyer

Abstract

are forthcoming. What are implicit biases? In brief, we all walk around with two sets of attitudes and beliefs: our conscious (explicit) attitudes and our unconscious (implicit) attitudes. Scientists believe that human consciousness takes up approximately 10 percent of our brain activity. That means that for most things, our unconscious mind is doing the work. Implicit biases exist within our unconscious mind. Our brains are bombarded with millions of bits of information every second. To avoid overload, our brains automatically categorize information into schemas that we use to guide us in our everyday living.

Keywords

Implicit Bias, Legal Profession, Racial Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Judicial System, Legal Ethics, In-Group Favoritism, Stereotypes, Diversity in Law

Publication Citation

Kimberly Jade Norwood, Implicit Bias Deserves Our Explicit Attention, 53 St. Louis Lawyer 17, 21 (2014)

Repository Citation

Norwood, Kimberly Jade, "Implicit Bias Deserves Our Explicit Attention" (2014). Scholarship@WashULaw. 586.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_scholarship/586