Brains & Biases
How we see and understand the world, and what is happening around us
What is perspective?
Every time we use technology, we leave behind information about ourselves - either in a passive or active way
What is a digital footprint?
The constitutional right that allows us to express our opinions and ideas even if they are unpopular and unacceptable to some people
What is freedom of speech?
"You're actually good at math, for a girl." (example of what type of identity microaggression)
What is a gender microaggression example?
A person who stands by and watches injustice, but does nothing helpful
What is a bystander?
An idea or a guess that you believe is true even though you do not have proof or facts to back it up
What is an assumption?
When the internet notes our habits and interests and then start to show us things that reinforce or support them
What is an algorithm?
A drawing/image that expresses bias, prejudice, or hate (and targets a specific group)
What is a hate symbol?
"Can I touch your hair?" (example of what type of identity microaggression)
What is a racial microaggression example?
Someone who uses their kind words or actions to help their friends or themselves when they are being treated unfairly/unkindly
What is an upstander?
A simple, fixed, and often untrue idea or label that people put on an entire group of people
What is a stereotype?
The name of the effect referring to how online harm can escalate, or get worse quickly
What is the Snowball Effect?
What classifies something as hate speech (i.e. what specifically hate speech targets)
What is identity? (Such as race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability)
A word that can be used to describe how microaggressions aren't necessarily obvious
What is subtle?
In addition to standing up in moments when injustice is observed, a person who provides ongoing support to an individual or group
What is an ally?
How many bits of information our brain receives per second, even though it can only handle 40-50 bits
What is 11 million bits?
The voices who usually do not get featured in the news
Who are people with little power and/or money?
What you can be charged with (even as a child) for using hate speech or symbols
What is hate crime?
What microaggressions are usually based off of
What are assumptions/stereotypes?
Someone who actively works not only to provide ongoing support to a person / group of people, but also works to break apart the systems that keep certain people down
What is a co-conspirator?
Our brain’s tendency to seek out information that matches things we already think we know
What is confirmation bias?
Refers to whether facts, data, and quotes be checked/confirmed (such as in the context of reading or watching the news)
What is verification?
A phrase that indicates something is received differently than you meant it to be
The metaphor of what microaggressions can be compared to
What are mosquito bites?
An unseen, built-in advantage simply because of how our society is set up and how our society works
What is privilege?