I heard an anecdote on a recent episode of Pod Save the People that is related. A child was drawing (before November 2016) secretary Clinton and she colored her skin brown. When questioned the child said “you have to be brown to be president!”. Humans are excellent at pattern matching and this girl only had Obama to match against. The election result was heartbreaking on every conceivable level (as if you didn’t already know!!) and it will affect society’s pattern of normal. I think we need to learn about and teach unconscious bias (as small part of a multi-faceted attack on “normal”) so people know some of the patterns (like doctors being male) we see in the world are not good, should be questioned, shouldn’t be considered “normal” and need to be changed.
Thanks for the article it has inspired me.
