COMMERCE 3GR0 - DeGroote Student Experience and Development III

Source: Laridae | Date: November 25, 2021 | Length: 36:49
An interview with Dr. Joseph Smith, who, among other roles, is a founding member of the Foundation for Black Communities. This Foundation was designed to adjudicate grants, develop policy and liaise with government and the philanthropic sector to serve Black-led and Black-serving non-profits and charities.  Dr. Smith describes the challenges facing racialized individuals in this podcast.

Source: TED | Date: June 2020 | Length: 14:08
Our brains create categories to make sense of the world, recognize patterns and make quick decisions. But this ability to categorize also exacts a heavy toll in the form of unconscious bias. In this powerful talk, psychologist Jennifer L. Eberhardt explores how our biases unfairly target Black people at all levels of society -- from schools and social media to policing and criminal justice -- and discusses how creating points of friction can help us actively interrupt and address this troubling problem.