Unconscious Bias
Discrimination can be caused by unconscious bias. These are cognitive distortions of perception of which we are not aware. These distortions arise in connection with stereotypes and social discrimination processes. They affect our judgements, decision-making and actions. They can influence personnel selection decisions and performance evaluations and lead us to unintentionally evaluate people unfairly, even if we think we are acting objectively and in the spirit of fairness.
This video was created based on an actual case of discrimination, it contains exemplary stereotypical attributions for illustration.
Below you will find an explanatory video on the topic of Unconscious Biases. The video was created by the Department Gender & Diversity Management at the University of Cologne in cooperation with the Central Gender Equality Officer.
Here you can find the accessible version with audio description.
Further information and sources:
The idea with the mosquito bite comparison has been cited many times, our first found source on this is this video from 2016:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDd3bzA7450
Trainings on the topic of Unconscious Bias at the University of Cologne
You can find an unconscious bias training in the further education and training program of the University of Cologne's Human Resources Development department. The training is available in German and English and is open to all members of the University of Cologne.
You can find the link to the continuing education and professional development programme of the Human Resources Development at the University of Cologne here…
Employees of the University of Cologne also have the opportunity to use the training course "Unconscious Bias - Recognizing and Reducing Prejudices and Stereotypes" from the Inter-University Training Programme NRW (HÜF-NRW). This training is also available in German and English.
You can find the link to the inter-university training programme NRW here...
Further links on the topic
Test to measure one's own prejudices, Harvard University:
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html
Anti-Bias explanatory video, FUMA Gender & Diversity Unit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3Bvd8IOIh4
Explanatory video on stereotypes, Amnesty Switzerland:
https://www.amnesty.ch/de/menschenrechtsbildung/schule/material/diskriminierung-in-drei-minuten-erklaert#&gid=1&pid=1
Anti-Bias explanatory video, German Research Foundation:
www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/8757KqqeSbc