Unconscious Bias Everyone has their biases whether it is about race, gender, class, education, or disability. This is how we view the people around us whether we notice it or not.
My Experience Yassmin Abdel-Magied (2014), says that the surprised feeling one would get when they find out that a female muslim is a race car engineer is the product of unconscious bias. I am discouraged to say that when Yassmin was dressed in her head scarf and other Muslim attire, I too was surprised when she announced that she was a race car engineer and that she trained as a boxer for five years. I would never have pictured her to be a cardiologist or a politician because of the way she dressed and based on her religion and culture. With that being said,
My Experience Yassmin Abdel-Magied (2014), says that the surprised feeling one would get when they find out that a female muslim is a race car engineer is the product of unconscious bias. I am discouraged to say that when Yassmin was dressed in her head scarf and other Muslim attire, I too was surprised when she announced that she was a race car engineer and that she trained as a boxer for five years. I would never have pictured her to be a cardiologist or a politician because of the way she dressed and based on her religion and culture. With that being said,