Challenge stereotypes when they arise in content, or in the spoken or written comments of students. Familiarize yourself with the concept of stereotype threat (defined by Stroessner and Good as “ being at risk of confirming, as a self-characteristic, a negative stereotype about one’s social group”), and work to neutralize or complicate instances where stereotypes arise. Harvard University’s Project Implicit is a particularly helpful tool for self-inventory, providing a wide range of implicit bias tests for people to become aware of their own automatic preferences for certain identities (race, gender, sexuality, etc.). Proactively adjust your behavior, and encourage others to modify theirs to avoid creating a marginalizing class environment or work to neutralize a hostile one.
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