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Boston Athenaeum

Boston Athenaeum
Breaking Bias
Buddhism
Human Rights
Mindfulness
Stereotypes
Prejudice
Racial Justice
Neuroscience
Education
Community Building

The Boston Athenaeum, a membership library, first opened its doors in 1807, and its rich history as a library and cultural institution has been well documented in the annals of Boston’s cultural life. Today, it remains a vibrant and active institution that serves a wide variety of members and scholars. With more than 600,000 titles in its book collection, the Boston Athenaeum functions as a public... more

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For readers of Caste, Sapiens, and The Dawn of Everything, join us for a page-turning deep-dive into how bias is learned—plus a strikingly original and highly effective set of tools to un-learn it. Drawing on two decades of original research and expe... more

In the years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, women in the workplace still found themselves relegated to secretarial positions or locked out of jobs entirely. This was especially true in the news business, a backwater of male chauvinism where a wo... more

They say that history is written by the victors. But not in the case of the most famous dissenter on the Supreme Court. Almost a century after his death, it was John Marshall Harlan’s words that helped end segregation, and gave us our civil rights an... more

The Cold War was not just a contest of power. It was also about ideas, in the broadest sense―economic and political, artistic and personal. In The Free World, the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize–winning scholar and critic Louis Menand tells the story of Ame... more

When we talk about patriotism in America, we tend to mean one form: the version captured in shared celebrations like the national anthem and the Pledge of Allegiance. But as Ben Railton argues, that celebratory patriotism is just one of four distinct... more

When the US Constitution won popular approval in 1788, it was the culmination of thirty years of passionate argument over the nature of government. But ratification hardly ended the conversation. For the next half century, ordinary Americans and stat... more

In the standard story, the suffrage crusade began in Seneca Falls in 1848 and ended with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. But this overwhelmingly white women's movement did not win the vote for most black women. Securing their ri... more

When Florence Finch died at the age of 101, few of her Ithaca, NY neighbors knew that this unassuming Filipina native was a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, whose courage and sacrifice were unsurpassed in the Pacific War against Japan. Long a... more

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Author Talk | BREAKING BIAS: Where Stereotypes and Prejudices Come From by Anu Gupta
Q: What can be done to incorporate breaking bias teachings into educational curricula?
Gupta expresses his ambition for the book to reach educators, inviting them to use its 130 exercises to teach students about bias and its dismantling.
Author Talk | BREAKING BIAS: Where Stereotypes and Prejudices Come From by Anu Gupta
Q: How does Gupta address bias related to queerness and how does Buddhist teaching play a role?
He explains that his understanding of queerness evolved through Buddhist teachings and emphasizes acceptance and honoring one's identity, which is thoroughly explored in his book.
Author Talk | BREAKING BIAS: Where Stereotypes and Prejudices Come From by Anu Gupta
Q: How can someone commit to the work of breaking bias, especially when many people benefit from it?
Gupta emphasizes the need for inner reflection and recognizing the emotional drivers behind bias, proposing that individual transformation can influence broader social change.
Author Talk | BREAKING BIAS: Where Stereotypes and Prejudices Come From by Anu Gupta
Q: Is breaking bias relevant to the national political landscape, specifically in relation to the January 6th incident?
Gupta suggests that while the rioters may not be the current audience for his book, the work of combating misinformation and bridging divides is crucial, especially among those in positions of authority.

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