Mary Brandt

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▶ Ep 4 · 7:55
Microaggressions are 'very tiny paper cuts'—not blatant prejudice but repeated small insults like men talking over women or minorities, 'mansplaining,' and the 'he-peat' (a woman's idea ignored until a man repeats it).
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Unconscious Bias

▶ Ep 4 · 4:50
quote there's absolutely no one who recognizes they have implicit bias. No one. And the flip side of that is that everyone has it. ↗
▶ Ep 4 · 4:50
opinion No one recognizes they have implicit bias, and everyone has it to different degrees about different groups. ↗
▶ Ep 4 · 6:04
opinion Every woman in surgery or medicine has experienced implicit bias, and colleagues from underrepresented minorities or with gender differences experience it even more profoundly. ↗
▶ Ep 4 · 7:55
clinical Microaggressions are 'very tiny paper cuts'—not blatant prejudice but repeated small insults like men talking over women or minorities, 'mansplaining,' and the 'he-peat' (a woman's idea ignored until a man repeats it). ↗
▶ Ep 4 · 9:10
opinion People in dominant positions (not those experiencing microaggressions) are responsible for calling out bias when they notice it. ↗
▶ Ep 4 · 9:10
quote it's not your two female residents' responsibility how they did that. It was your responsibility to point out that they did it and they shouldn't. ↗
▶ Ep 4 · 9:19
quote the people who are in the dominant positions are the ones that have to be responsible for calling this out. ↗
▶ Ep 4 · 17:50
opinion If you are in a dominant group (white, male, Protestant, cisgender), you never have to think about your social identity because you've had all the privilege and social power associated with it—the 'fish in water' analogy. ↗
▶ Ep 4 · 18:20
quote two fish that are swimming along, these young fish, and this old fish comes by him and says, Hey boys, how's the water? And he swims off and one of the young fish looks at the other and says, What's water? ↗
▶ Ep 4 · 18:50
quote if you're white, male, Protestant, cisgendered, you've never had to think about what's water because you've had all the privilege associated with that and all of the social power associated with that ↗
▶ Ep 4 · 19:10
opinion There is not a single person who doesn't have implicit bias; it's a matter of recognizing it and deciding what to do about it. ↗
▶ Ep 4 · 19:10
quote There's not a single person listening to this that doesn't have implicit bias. It's all a matter of recognizing that you do and then deciding what to do about it. ↗
▶ Ep 4 · 32:00
quote this is a journey that's gonna make you extremely uncomfortable, and when you get uncomfortable, that means you're making progress. ↗
▶ Ep 4 · 32:00
opinion Addressing implicit bias is a journey that will make you extremely uncomfortable, and when you get uncomfortable, that means you're making progress. ↗
▶ Ep 4 · 32:30
guideline The book 'White Fragility' by Robin DiAngelo explains how people, especially white people, often respond defensively or irrationally when confronted about race, and helps readers understand their responsibility to respond appropriately. ↗
▶ Ep 4 · 54:30
opinion There is nothing radical about trying to do the right thing regarding inclusion; if someone views you as radical for teaching about implicit bias, they are in a small percentage who can't hear you, and you should politely walk away. ↗
▶ Ep 4 · 54:30
quote there is nothing radical about trying to do the right thing. And if anyone views you as radical, to be inclusive and to teach people about implicit bias. ↗

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Unconscious Bias

▶ Ep 4 · 4:16
host summary Mary Brandt summarizes what Dr. Julie Freischlag said: Implicit bias is defined by the Kerwin Institute at Ohio State as 'the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions and decisions in an unconscious manner.' ↗
▶ Ep 4 · 4:30
host summary Mary Brandt summarizes what Dr. Julie Freischlag said: implicit bias is the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions and decisions in an unconscious manner. ↗
▶ Ep 4 · 5:10
host summary Mary Brandt summarizes what Dr. Julie Freischlag said: A study showed that in a diverse group of doctors, minority children were consistently given less pain medicine than white children, with no reason to explain that except implicit bias and stereotypes. ↗
▶ Ep 4 · 17:09
host summary Mary Brandt summarizes what Dr. Julie Freischlag said: Social identity is the portion of an individual's self-concept derived from perceived membership in a relevant social group (gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, etc.). ↗