The news regularly highlights institutional and individual acts of racism. But these reports don’t only reveal the persistence of racism but a shallow understanding of it. Unearthing the pillars of implicit bias and socialization increases the likelihood of navigating conversations about racism successfully. In this interactive talk Ryan Saville develops a biblical theology of socialization and implicit bias. Examining what happens when we neither see nor acknowledge it and how does the Bible help us to undo our implicit bias?
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Another day we went to collect something from a huge house in a wealthy suburb of Cape Town. When we arrived at the gate, an older black man met us and led us in to collect the items. I assumed (correctly) that he was the caretaker of the property, but on the way home my daughter said: “that man is so lucky to have such a big house and garden”. I was struck that her assumption was that the property belonged to him. And I felt ashamed about my assumption, even though it was correct.
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