How to Challenge Unconscious Bias

“Just try new things. Don’t be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?” Michelle Obama

We make conclusions and judgments based on what we’ve seen and heard in the past, a human capability that both protects us and constricts us. It protects us so that we consciously decide, perhaps, not to walk alone at night in certain areas of East Harlem wearing diamonds. It constricts us when we…