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On Tuesday evening, September 17, Anu Gupta will be joined in conversation with Sharon Salzberg as he discusses his new book, Breaking Bias: Where Stereotypes and Prejudices Come From—and the Science-Backed Method to Unravel Them.”

In Breaking Bias, Anu draws from two decades of original research and training experience to explain how anyone can become more aware of and unlearn conscious and unconscious biases. At this event, Anu will share how we can transform bias in our daily lives and within ourselves—especially beliefs and perceptions we may hold about ourselves and others. Sharon will offer ways that we can use mindfulness and lovingkindness as we challenge ingrained assumptions.

 Blending ancient Buddhist wisdom with modern scientific evidence, Anu’s book takes readers on a deep-time journey to explore human identities and identity-based biases. Anu makes the timely case that breaking bias is the key to unlocking multiple crises in our world—from racism, sexism, classism, and other -isms to burnout, loneliness, and climate change.

Breaking Bias also offers Anu’s PRISM toolkit—a science-backed, somatically informed set of contemplative tools—to help us dismantle learned bias within ourselves and in the world around us, moment by moment, with probing questions and writing prompts that invite us to put these tools to use right from the start.