There are plenty of other settings, institutions and situations where people can very quickly adapt behaviourally and to play out according to pre-defined roles, rules, conditions and expectations. And even though a negative impact is not the intent, the repercussions are felt and manifested ;-(
The Implicit PrejudiceMahzarin Banaji can show how we connect "good" and "bad" with biased attitudes we hold, even if we say we don't. Especially when we say we don't
In one video clip, a team passed around a basketball. Of the 45 executives watching, just one noticed the woman who walked slowly right through the game, carrying an open white umbrella. After a few more examples, Banaji had convinced the audience that these kinds of mistakes in perception, or "mind bugs," operate all the time, especially in our unconscious responses to other people.