implicit bias

[im-plis-it bahy-uhs]

noun

Psychology.

1. bias that results from the tendency to process information based on unconscious associations and feelings, even when these are contrary to one’s conscious or declared beliefs.

   In some cases, implicit bias rather than conscious prejudice is a factor in cases of racial discrimination.

Word History and Origins

Origin of implicit bias¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

This is personal for me: In 2022 Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health hospital system fired me for refusing to take an “implicit bias” course.

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Other examples of DEI-focused initiatives in the University of Texas system abound: from UT Tyler, UT El Paso and UT Rio Grande Valley to Stephen F. Austin State University and the UT Southwestern Medical Center—where emergency medicine has a curriculum focused in part on “implicit bias”—and beyond.

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When it comes to speech, “an institution may not take, express, or assert a position or opinion” on anti-racism, bias, critical race theory, implicit bias, intersectionality, prohibited discriminatory practices, racial privilege,” the law states.

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“It’s frustrating to me that we can have an MLK Jr. Day, but we can’t talk about implicit bias,” Tokita said.

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“We can’t talk about critical race theory, bias, implicit bias.”

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