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-====== A short story to reveal our bias and stereotypes ​======+====== A short story to reveal our biases ​======
  
 ===== Objectives ===== ===== Objectives =====
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 Start the storytelling :  Start the storytelling : 
  
-//"​Imagine... +//"​Imagine...// 
-You’re late to catch a flight +//You’re late to catch a flight// 
-You rush through the airport +//You rush through the airport// 
-You pass the security check +//You pass the security check// 
-You run to the gate +//You run to the gate// 
-You step on the plane just as they close the door behind you. +//You step on the plane just as they close the door behind you.// 
-The pilot steps out of the cockpit to say "​Hi!"​ +//The pilot steps out of the cockpit to say "​Hi!"​// 
-You get to your destination. +//You get to your destination.// 
-You go to a local restaurant. +//You go to a local restaurant// 
-and you have the best meal of your life. +//and you have the best meal of your life.// 
-You really enjoy this. +//You really enjoy this.// 
-At the table next to you there is a couple happily celebrating their anniversary. +//At the table next to youthere is a couple happily celebrating their anniversary.// 
-The next morning you go to the biggest technology conference in the world. +//The next morning you go to the biggest technology conference in the world.// 
-The director of the best technology start-up of this year take the stage to speak."//​+//The director of the best technology start-up of this year take the stage to speak."//​
  
-Invite the participants to remind the picture ​they have in mind of the story and to open their eyes again.+Invite the participants to remind the pictures ​they have in mind and to open their eyes again.
 Ask them :  Ask them : 
   * In your mental image, was the pilot black ? Raise your hand if the pilot was black.   * In your mental image, was the pilot black ? Raise your hand if the pilot was black.
   * Was the married couple two men ? Two women ?   * Was the married couple two men ? Two women ?
-  * The director of the technology start-up ​was a woman ?+  * Was the director of the technology start-up a woman ?
  
 Give the speech to some participants that would like to react. Give the speech to some participants that would like to react.
  
-Conclude by reminding that it is Ok if one, or even all, of their answers was/were "​no"​ because our brain creates images ​of what is familiar. ​The exercise is not made for us to judge ourselves and feel guilty but to realize ​our biases in order to work on them. As a matter a state : the more we train ourselves to see counter examples of what we are used to, the more we can fight our own biases and prejudices.+Conclude by reminding that it is Ok if one, or even all, of their answers was/were "​no"​ because our brain creates images ​with what is familiar ​ to usThis exercise is not made for us to judge ourselves and feel guilty but to acknowledge ​our biases in order to work on them.  
 +In fact : the more we train ourselves to see counter-examples of what we are used to, the more we can fight our own biases and prejudices.
  
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