DEI Basics
This term refers to the fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all people.
What is Equity?
This phrase is more inclusive that "guys" when addressing a group.
What is "everyone" or "folks" or "yall"
This type of bias happens automatically and unintentionally, often without our awareness
What is unconscious bias?
This holiday, based around the Nguzo Saba or Seven Principles, is a weel long celebration of African American diasporic Culture and heritage and occurs in December
What is a Kwanzaa?
A quiet way to support coworkers with different identities and needs
What is using inclusive language or listening?
The practice of including people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds.
What is Diversity?
Saying "they" instead of "he/she" helps include this group
Who are nonbinary people?
This term describes a quick judgment we make based on appearance, names, or first impressions.
What is Snap Judgment?
Diwali is a festival of lights celebrated in this religious
What is Hinduism?
Asking someone "Where are *really* from?" might make them feel like this.
What is excluded or othered?
DEI stands for these three words.
What is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?
A more inclusive term than "crazy" when describing something surprising
What is "wild" or "unexpected"?
This kind of bias is shown when resumes with "white sounding" names get more callbacks than those with ethnic-sounding names
What is name bias or racial bias?
Ramadan is observed by people of this faith
What is Islam?
The term for making spaces usable for people with disabilities?
What is accessibility?
This type of bias occurs automatically and unintentionally, but affects judgments and decisions.
What is Implicit Bias?
This acronym stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning.
What is LGBTQ+?
Unconscious bias training is predicated on the belief that this group of people has a natural bias toward differences
Who is "everyone"?
This US holiday is controversial for its impact on Indigenous people
What is Thanksgiving or Columbus Day?
This federal law passed in 1990 prohibits discrimination based on disability and requires reasonable accommodations in workplaces and public spaces.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
The systemic removal of barriers that prevent full participation in society for all groups.
What is Inclusion?
The best thing to do when you're unsure how to pronounce someone's name?
A strategy such as structured questions or diverse hiring panels is used to reduce this during interviews
What is Hiring Bias?
This term describes the shared customs, foods, languages, and values passed down through generations that help shape a group's identity - and can vary widely even within the same country.
What is culture?
This workplace policy is federally mandated and allows employees to take unpaid, job-protected leave for medical or family reasons?
What is the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?