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How Implicit Bias Impacts Open Source Diversity and Inclusion
“Although these unconscious biases are often not intended, the harm of them affects not only the individuals but the community at large.” But, in a community, the implicit biases that developer advocate and technical writer https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-ihuman/ speaks of act as death by a thousand cuts.
Bias, Ihuman explains, is a prejudice held by an individual, group or institution, in favor of or against another individual, group or institution.
Signs of these different kinds of implicit bias that often people are unaware of but that often pervade communication in open source communities include: Microaggressions
And encourage team members to speak up when they feel harmed by biases or have witnessed harm against other community members.
Bias, Ihuman explains, is a prejudice held by an individual, group or institution, in favor of or against another individual, group or institution.
Signs of these different kinds of implicit bias that often people are unaware of but that often pervade communication in open source communities include: Microaggressions
And encourage team members to speak up when they feel harmed by biases or have witnessed harm against other community members.
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