1. What’s at the Root of Inclusiveness
Workshop for CNN presented by Judith Mowry and Koffi Dessou,
Office of Equity and Human Rights

2. Portland and CNN demographics
Population (2016): 620,589 Number of households: 256,432
Population (2016):
     54,545
Number of households:
21,230

3. Population/Households by Income
Median household income
Portland: $58,423; CNN: $65,719
CNN households at or below Portland median: 46%
Range
Households
Pct
Cum. Pct
Under $10k
              1,111 5%
$10k-$19k
              1,962 9%
14%
$20k-$29k
              1,695 8%
22%
$30k-$39k
              1,832
31%
$40k-$49k
              1,662
39%
$50k-$59k
              1,452 7%
46%
$60k-$74k
              2,363
11%
57%
$75k-$99k
              2,751
13%
70%
$100k-$124k
              2,129
10%
80%
$125k-$150k
              1,627
88%
$150k or more
              2,646
12%
100%
Above Portland median as a whole

4. Population by Race Portland CNN White 71.6% 70.5% 444,050 38,471 Black
        444,050
          38,471
Black
5.6%
6.6%
          34,494
             3,603
Native American
0.5%
0.4%
             3,132
                220
Asian
7.5%
6.8%
          46,488
             3,705
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.6%
0.3%
             3,819
                176
Another race
0.2%
             1,680
                   94
Two or more
4.3%
3.6%
          26,886
             1,968
Latino
9.7%
11.6%
          60,040
             6,308
Total
        620,589
          54,545

5. Population by age Population by age, Central Northeast Neighborhoods
CNN
Portland
Under 18 years
                   11,161
21%
Under 21 years
                   12,377
23%
133,681
22%
Under 10 years
                     7,072
13%
68,921
11%
10 to 17 years
                     4,089 8%
44,636 7%
18 to 34 years
                   11,956
173,773
28%
35 to 64 years
                   25,192
47%
255,889
42%
65 years and over
                     5,577
10%
68,987

6. Race by Age Approximately 30% of youth are youth of color (under 18)
White
Black
AIAN
Asian
NHPI
Other
Two+
Total
Latino
Under 5 years
2,656
182 6
123 32 49
623
3,671
717
5 to 9 years
2,330
334
179 17 96
432
3,388
838
10 to 14 years
1,955
345
111
173
195
2,779
808
15 to 17 years
968
165 7
167 8 23 79
1,417
185
18 and 19 years
580 77 42 54 67
820
153
20 to 24 years
1,790
226 13
407 21 61
2,518
308
25 to 29 years
3,118
311
237 30
149
148
3,993
538
30 to 34 years
3,668
243
192
137
279
4,546
496
35 to 44 years
8,337
512
107
553
282
361
10,158
1,150
45 to 54 years
6,744 81
546 36
124
284
8,327
606
55 to 64 years
5,588
436 25
664
126
169
7,008
388
65 to 74 years
3,332 14
268 9 65
3,884 53
75 to 84 years
998
110
225 27 39 26
1,425 58
85 years and over
560 24 10
611
Under 18
7,909
1,026 57
341
1,329
11,255
2,548
Approximately 30% of youth are youth of color (under 18)
Approximately 29.5% of total CNN population is non-white
Youth of color about same percentage as people of color in CNN area.
City-wide youth of color is higher ? I’m trying to get that data
% of youth almost same as City-wide

7. Reducing Implicit Bias
Understanding and
Reducing Implicit Bias

8. Bias is the tendency to favor or disfavor
Group context: Bias is the evaluation of one group and its members relative to another.
We all carry bias. Acting on bias can be discriminatory and create negative outcomes for particular groups.

9. Unaware of bias, operates subconsciously
Explicit Bias
Implicit Bias
Aware of bias, operates
consciously
Unaware of bias, operates subconsciously

10. Apartment office sign:
Bias
Explicit Bias
Implicit Bias
Example:
Apartment office sign:
“We don’t rent to____”
Example:
Property managers are unaware that they do more criminal background checks on Blacks than Whites.

11. Implicit Bias example: Identical résumés
“White-sounding” names had 50% more callbacks than “African-American-sounding” names. 

12. Implicit Bias examples
We unconsciously think about race even when we do not explicitly discuss it.
Doctors are less likely to prescribe life-saving care to Blacks.
Jurors tend to show biases against defendants of a different race.
Medical:
Employment:
NBA:
Jurors:

13. What to do with bias?
Acknowledge we all have it. Suppressing or denying biased thoughts can actually increase prejudice rather than eradicate it.
Openly acknowledging and challenging biases allows us to develop strategic interventions.

14. Combating Implicit Bias: Understanding Risk Factors
Risk Factor: Certain Emotional States
Anger, disgust, frustration can heighten implicit bias of stigmatized group members, even if the emotion is unrelated to the current situation.
Be aware of your emotional state and how it can impact your decision making.

15. Risk Factor: Social Categories
Stereotypes are more likely to impact our thinking when we are talking about stigmatized social groups.
When decision makers become conscious of the potential for prejudice, they often attempt to correct for it and are less likely to exhibit bias

16. Risk Factor: Lack of critical thinking
Individuals decision makers tend to develop inferences or expectations about a person early on in the information-gathering process. These expectations then guide subsequent information processing.
Engaging in more deliberative, effortful processing and critical thinking can counteract this inclination

17. Avoid making decisions, when possible, under these conditions.
Risk factor: Distracted or pressured decision-making circumstances
Fatigue, stress, political and time pressures can adversely affect our ability to make decisions that are less impacted by our implicit bias.
Avoid making decisions, when possible, under these conditions.

18. Additional Strategies
The popular “color blind” approach to egalitarianism (i.e., avoiding or ignoring race; lack of awareness of and sensitivity to differences between social groups) fails as an implicit bias intervention strategy. “Color blindness” actually produces greater implicit bias than strategies that acknowledge race.
Identify and consciously acknowledge real group and individual differences.

19. Routinely check thought processes and decisions for possible bias
Use decision support tools i.e. Equity Lens
Review your reasoning in a decision
Increasing exposure to stigmatized group members that contradicts the social stereotypes can help individuals negate stereotypes, affirm counter-stereotypes, and “unlearn” the associations that underlie implicit bias.

20. Equity Lens
How could my implicit bias be impacting how I think about this issue?
How does this issue impact communities of color?
How does this issue impact people with disabilities?
Is there an opportunity to reduce disparities?