My Failure to Call Out Bias

I am compelled to confess my complicity in bias. As much as I might suspect that I have been affected by prejudice in my career, even among academics who pride themselves as enlightened, I know that I have failed to act when I could have, in the face of inappropriate decision-making. I also am aware that I have engaged in such conduct myself. I am persuaded by the research which shows we all do it: each of us has been exposed to an abundance of stereotypes, even if we would prefer to resist them, with the consequence that we have these images in our heads despite our denials — our good faith does not save us from our own unconscious.