The first step is to begin practicing, noticing the assumptions and predictions that come up in one's own mind when encountering another person. Another thing that I would suggest to everyone is learning history. The more I understood the way the policies and practices of the past affected people of the past, the better I was able to really understand the present.
Jessica Nordell—science and cultural journalist—explores ways of changing pernicious thought patterns to eliminate unconscious bias for a more just world.