Surviving the Impact of Implicit Racial Bias in the Workplace and the Journey Back to Wholeness​ and Compassion

Host Nancy Kahn talks with guest Jair Valley, a dynamic 21-year-old African American artist and full-time professional​. Jair talks about ​a​ recent experience of implicit racial bias in his workplace and the process he is actively engaged in to reclaim his dearly held values for wholeness and compassion.

Starbucks recently shared materials with the public on the nationwide training they provided to all employees and defined Implicit Bias as the automatic association of stereotypes or attitudes with particular social groups, and they referenced the source Banaji & Greenwald, 2013.

Patricia Devine, a psychology professor and director of the Prejudice Lab said, “ There are a lot of people who are very sincere in their renunciation of prejudice, yet they are vulnerable to habits of mind. Intentions aren’t good enough.”  (Nordell, “Is This How Discrimination Ends”, atlanticmonthly.com)​.

This show ​offers insights and practices into how to recover from the impact of racial implicit bias, and how to connect to the range of choices we have about what conversations we want and need to pursue after an incident.

Listeners are invited to call in​ to the show (1-800-958-9008) at 7:30 pm  to ask focused questions about how to navigate experiences related to racial implicit bias in the workplace and are encouraged to request coaching on how to support their own​ resilience.

Jair Valley, 21-year-old artist born and raised in Oakland, is aspiring to be a public figure. He enjoys life and he loves each experience and lesson that comes with every moment. Jair is motivated by growth, focuses on keeping an open mind, and pours his body and soul into bettering himself and the world around him. Jair is employed full-time at a national corporation and intends to open his own art-based business in the future.​

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