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"you're an actual physician?"

This is particularly sickening. Who is a doctor? Who is an engineer?

Implicit bias is a real thing. Our brains categorize – it is a helpful tool for living every day life. However, it can also be incredibly harmful (e.g., lead to a black man getting shot). “I didn’t mean to offend anyone” is an awful excuse. To think that nothing can be done to combat implicit bias is another.

Let us be quick to listen, slow to speak. Apologize often, and learn how to circumvent the initial categorization our brain does – because so often that strips away the imago Dei.