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Are we born this way, or do we learn our prejudices?

We are not born with racial preferences or stereotypes, but we are definitely born with the capacity to learn them. We absorb them long before we understand what we are doing.

This is partly why it’s so difficult for people to unlearn stereotypes. We have been absorbing them since our baby days. Some of them are so ingrained, we don’t even realize they exist:

Let’s break prejudices

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[lf_quote quote=”Occtopus mission is to achieve equity by making unconscious biases conscious in order to change our perception for a better tomorrow” quote_headline=”Mission”]
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[lf_quote_person quote=”“The sooner we teach our children that discrimination and racism do not lead to peace and deep happiness, the better. What Occtopus creates is long overdue. It is time that our society changes which is why I support Occtopus 100% – we are all the same!“” name=”Daniel Aminati”]
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[lf_game_card headline=”Job Puzzle” subheadline=”Assign jobs to the characters” arg_1=”Focus stereotypes” arg_2=”Social roles” arg_3=”Estimated Time: 15 min” class=”game-card-blue job-game” lf_text=”With the Job Puzzle we want to recognize the effect of stereotypes and bias on the child’s perception of social roles

Focus on typical stereotypes and prejudices that are reflected in the child´s answer as well as its certainty on their answers (e.g., only a certain gender or skin color is selected for low- or high-income professions).”][lf_game_card headline=”Matchmaker” subheadline=”match the couples” arg_1=”effect of stereotypes and bias” arg_2=”couples” arg_3=”Estimated Time: 5-10 min” class=”job-game matchmaker” lf_text=”The goal of this game is to recognize the effect of stereotypes and bias on the child’s perception of social norms on romantic constellations

Focus on typical stereotypes and prejudices that are reflected in the child’s answer as well as its certainty on their answers”][lf_game_card headline=”Ball Game” subheadline=”Throw a ball” arg_1=”Focus stereotypes” arg_2=”stereotypes” arg_3=”Estimated Time: 5 min” class=”job-game ball-game” lf_text=”The goal of this game is to make gender-based stereotypes in the child´s worldview visible

Focus on the behavior and see if the child shows distinct behavior on purpose, e.g., does not throw as far in one situation than in the other or makes additional noises”]

[lf_quote stars=”stars” quote=”I am a mother of two children aged 5 and 7 and can highly recommend this training. First of all my kids truly enjoyed all the exercises and we spent a fun afternoon doing these. In the actual session I had many eye opening moments about the biases of my kids and honestly myself. I had a meaningful discussion with my kids afterwards and keep having these lessons learned in mind while parenting. I can highly recommend for everyone to attend, the trainers are very knowledgeable but also down to earth, fun and very likeable and I really enjoyed attending.” quote_headline=”Daniela Westphalen

Senior HR Consultant and mother”]