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Day two recap - WKKF America Healing Conference

April 25, 2012

View the story "Unconscious Bias" on StorifyUnconscious Bias Storified by WKKF · Wed, Apr 25 2012 20:38:27This is the second of four daily roundups from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's second annual America Healing Conference. We'll be curating the best tweets, pictures and videos throughout the week. For more information and news releases from the day's conversations visit wkkf.org.

Follow #racialequity and @wk_kellogg_fdn on Twitter for more updates.

Rev. James Forbes of The Healing of the Nations Foundation opened the day with a reflection highlighting the need for racial healing. Then, panelists from a range of academic backgrounds discussed unconscious bias and race in America. Maria Hinojosa, host and managing editor, Latino USA, NPR, moderated this panel of national experts, sharing the various ways in which scholars, advocates and community organizations are exploring unconscious bias to create new strategies that advance racial justice.

The day closed with actor and human rights crusader Harry Belafonte in conversation with Harvard University Professor Charles Ogletree. The two discussed the actor's lifelong work to advance racial equity and his own personal and courageous story as told through the powerful and intimate documentary "Sing Your Song."

Rev. James Forbes, president of The Healing of the Nations Foundation opened day two with a reflection...Rev. Dr. James Forbes: we will bevictorious because we will shine our little light everywhere we go. @WK_Kellogg_Fdn #racialequitySinsi Hernández-Canc2012 America Healing ConferenceW.K. Kellogg FoundationReflecting on unconscious and implicit bias...So much of what is racialized in society is like riding a bike: implicit bias. --Gail Christopher #racialequityRebekah Spicuglia2012 America Healing ConferenceW.K. Kellogg FoundationPhoto: Moderator Maria Hinojosa (center) with panelists David Williams, Rachel Godsil, Phillip Goff and john powell (from left to right). David Williams, Harvard professor of African American studies started the Unconscious Bias panel off with a look at how racial bias impacts healthcare...Patients of color presenting to ER w/ broken bone are less likely than white patients to receive pain meds - unconscious bias #racialequityR.Ramsey2012 America Healing Conference -- David WilliamskelloggfoundationWords most often associated with the word black - poor, violent, religious, lazy,cheerful, dangerous. #racialequityDori J. MaynardRT @WK_Kellogg_Fdn: Key to fighting unconscious bias is to acknowledge that we are a part of the problem #racialequityMikhail LyubanskyRachel Godsil, director of research, American Values Institute continued with a look at why talking about race is important to achieving racial equity... Godsil: Will empathy lead us to have a better conversation about race? Study still in progress. #racialequityRacialicious2012 America Healing Conference -- Rachel GodsilkelloggfoundationRT @terileavens: #racialequity doesn't equal colorblindness - Rachel GodsilTracing CenterPhillip Goff, assistant professor, Department of Psychology, UCLA continued with the idea of "slow and fast identity traps"..."You have people with traps in their brains around race, sexuality, gender. We all set traps for each other." _ Goff #racialequityRacialicious2012 America Healing Conference -- Phillip GoffkelloggfoundationRT @debreese: Phillip Goff: Introducing "Identity Traps" in racism. Fast ones are unconscious and slow ones are deliberate. #racialequityJohnny Golightly john powell, director, Haas Center for Diversity and Inclusion, UC Berkeley discussed why it's so easy for us to make biased decisions unconsciously... 3 ways of not knowing: beyond our capacity, not interested, don't want to know. --Powell #racialequityGrace Hwang Lynch2012 America Healing Conference -- john powellkelloggfoundationRT @racialicious: powell: When too many people are pushed outside of the human circle of concern, society collapses. #racialequityGillian RosheuvelMaybe the greatest threat facing the world today is diversification and how people handle it - john powell #racialequityWKKFAfter an early showing of his powerful documentary "Sing your Song," Harry Belafonte discussed the critical need for America Healing and what motivates him to pursue racial and social justice. The actor and human rights activist touched on everything from his work with Martin Luther King, Jr to what he envisions and hopes for the next generation of Americans. Harry Belafonte - "I come to be part of a healing" @WK_Kellogg_Fdn #racialequity #racialhealingThom WallaceAmerica Healing is the heart of what America needs, not just a title -@harrybelafonte #racialequityWKKF2012 America Healing ConferenceW.K. Kellogg FoundationRT @wk_kellogg_fdn: Ogletree: Once we think this battle is over, it happens again to the most vulnerable and innocent children #racialequityGiving Back Project"I live in a perpetual state of optimism..." Harry Belafonte #singyoursong #racialequityNashira BarilAdditional comments from the community...2012 America Healing ConferenceW.K. Kellogg FoundationRT @terileavens: Thought-provoking panel this morning with racial justice rock stars Rachel Godsil, Phil Goff and john powell #racialequityDee Dixon2012 America Healing ConferenceW.K. Kellogg Foundation"we seek to put structural racism behind us by putting it in front of us" #RacialEquityMaytha Alhassen2012 America Healing ConferenceW.K. Kellogg FoundationIts so hard to tweet about Americal Healing bc I'm afraid I'll miss the next profound moment! #racialequity stay tuned....Daaiyah SalaamFollow #racialequity and @wk_kellogg_fdn for updates!

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