Without realizing it, we often pick up on biases based on what we think is "normal." Sometimes, this bias is very apparent, but it can also act as an invisible barrier that keeps people seen as ...

“Racism is a simple ego trick of believing in validating the self by validating one’s group and at the expense of others. It’s a reflection of fear.” — Christian Sundberg, author “I imagine one of the ...

In a new report, the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Population Fund (UNFPA), Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), and the UN human rights office (OHCHR), warned that key institutions ...

We are not born with prejudice toward specific groups of people. Prejudice is learned and reinforced over time so deeply and in so many unintended ways that it has proved very difficult to reduce ...

The term “stigma” is used throughout this chapter and the report to represent the complex of attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, and structures that interact at different levels of society (i.e., ...

Across the United States at any given time, there are hundreds if not thousands of projects and programs aimed at reducing negative attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors concerning mental and substance ...