re: Diversity training for work

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Only instilling the idea that we ALL have implicit bias, and to keep that in mind when making business/HR decisions.

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The suggestion that there is widespread implicit bias and that implicit bias is a major source of discrimination has been discredited in scientific research on the topic. For a good summary, see Singal's article on the topic:

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The bottom line is that there is a diversity industry that is selling implicit bias as a major problem, and many employers have bought the implicit bias snake oil. Yet there is little evidence that there are reliable measures of the concept and that implicit bias affects on-the-job behavior.