A Deeper Self Knowing: Identify and Overcome Implicit Bias

From the 15th to the 17th centuries, witch hunts left a profound impact across Europe and America, influencing each region based on its unique social, religious, and legal factors. These patterns show how fear-based narratives devastate communities, often targeting the vulnerable.

Everyone holds implicit beliefs about various social groups, and these biases can have a negative impact in our social, study, and work environments.

A bias is a tendency, inclination, or prejudice toward or against something or someone. Some biases are positive and helpful—like choosing to only eat foods that are considered healthy or staying away from someone who has knowingly caused harm. But biases are often based on stereotypes, rather than actual knowledge of an individual or circumstance. Whether positive or negative, such cognitive shortcuts can result in prejudgments that lead to rash decisions or discriminatory practices.

Implicit biases are harmful because they influence the way we perceive and interact with others — and can lead us to depersonalize people from different groups based on perceived characteristics. Learning to identify and overcome them is an important step toward overcoming prejudice and social and racial stereotypes.

As Witches/Sorcerers/Magic Workers, we step regularly into difficult work, and we need to be as socially informed as possible. If we're not learning something new on a regular basis, we're doing ourselves a disservice, and our communities.

Come be a part of this uncomfortable, but very necessary discussion.

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