We Can (Maybe) End Discrimination With This One Weird Trick

In a single two-hour workshop, “Devine and Cox offered ideas for substitute habits. Observe your own stereotypes and replace them, Cox said. Look for situational reasons for a person’s behavior, rather than stereotypes about that person’s group. Seek out people who belong to groups unlike your own. Devine paced among the desks, making eye contact with each student. ‘I submit to you,’ she said, her voice steady with conviction, ‘that prejudice is a habit that can be broken.'”