Personal Side of Bias, Prejudice and Oppression

What memory do you have of an incident when you experienced bias, prejudice, and/or oppression, or witnessed someone else as the target of bias, prejudice, and/or oppression? Keep in mind that one can encounter such incidents in real contexts, including online environments, as well as in fictional ones, such as movies, books, television shows, and the like.

My personal experience with prejudice and bias occurred in my job. Even though I had been for at the time almost three years and had managerial experience, I was passed over for a promotion last year and they bought in a person from another race who had quit from there about a year and a half before.

In what way(s) did the specific bias, prejudice and/or oppression in that incident diminish equity? This diminish equality because I was not given the chance for the position or even asked did I want to try for the position. They did every thing under the table and just brought the lady back in and told us she had been given the position.


What feelings did this incident bring up for you? This incident made me realize that no matter how some people may preach about not being prejudice, they are they just don't show it openly. Prejudice is something that is buried deep in some people and no matter how much they try to pretend like it is there, it is .


What and/or who would have to change in order to turn this incident into an opportunity for greater equity? In order to turn this incident, the people in charge of hiring need to realize that people of all colors can do any job as well as someone of their color. They need training on diversity hiring practices.