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My social identities are that I am a woman, non-religious and middle class. My most dominant identity is my gender and how it affects my day-to-day life in my work. Women have evolved from lonely housewives whose only job is to take the bible literally of multiplying the earth, subservient to our male counterparts. The bias can affect my interactions with men because my whole life I was taught, through school and church, that I was to find a good husband and have kids. That men are our protectors and should be held on a pedestal. I overcome this by making myself equal to them, I can lift as much as one can. My second identity is non-religious, I am agnostic, I don’t know what I believe and frankly I don’t know what happens after we die. My bias is that I live in a very religious area, a mecca for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and am always surrounded by members and chapels and even the church makes laws. I overcome this with patience and understanding, allowing myself to have conversations with them to discuss the differences between what I believe and what they believe. I allow myself to study other religions to give myself a strong understanding of their beliefs. My third identity is middle class, I have always just had enough to make it by. My bias is that I work in a very pricey field and sometimes I judge people who are unable to pay thousands of dollars for a funeral. I overcame this bias by understanding that everybody dies and everybody else must come up with money to pay for it, be it borrowing money, GoFundMe's and sometimes they must abandon them to the state to be cremated. I am more aptly to donate to GoFundMe's to help ease the burden of death. The core principle of social justice includes inclusion and diversity, equity and fairness, and the elimination of discrimination and bias. In a personal setting, implicit bias can distort my core understanding of social justice. I may not always be aware of my biases like my gender, class and religion, it distorts my empathy and ability to recognize and address injustice. Implicit bias can affect me

professionally by impacting my decision-making process, I may treat someone differently by the way they look, (i.e. do they ‘look’ rich?) In conclusion, it is important for me to recognize my bias within my identities, because it can affect my interactions and understanding of social justice principles. I will work on continually identifying and addressing this bias and strive for equity and fairness in all aspects of my life.

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