Making Diversity Work by Sondra B. Thiederman

Author:Sondra B. Thiederman [Thiederman, Sondra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Human Resources & Personnel Management, Management, Social Science, Electronic books, General, Discrimination in employment, Diversity in the workplace, Minorities, Discrimination & Race Relations, Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780793177639
Publisher: Dearborn
Published: 2003-10-01T07:00:00+00:00

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There is a story floating around that may be apocryphal, but like most good fiction, it is well designed to make its point. Supposedly, some children were asked this question: Who is better, the kids in your town or the children in the neighboring village? "The kids in our town" was the speedy reply. When asked why they felt this way, the children answered, "It's because I don't know those other kids." The point of this anecdote is that the more experience we have with a group, the more apt those experiences are to be broad and thus the less apt we are to develop a bias against them.

Another reason that exposure, if it is broad enough and positive enough, diffuses bias is that the more exposure we have to a group, the more knowledge we acquire, and, therefore, the less afraid we will be. Ralph Waldo Emerson said:

"Knowledge is the antidote to fear." [2]

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