MichelleB

Research scientist. Gardener, baker, but not a candlestick maker. Known for wittering on...often after the fact.

[MichelleB @mabelle_74]

It may seem a trivial example, but the portrayal of people of colour (among others) has a drip-drip effect that feeds implicit bias in the public. If you think it has no effect on you, that you see no colour... take the Harvard Implicit Attitudes Test online & see.

[MichelleB @mabelle_74]

What Thinkbox did was to have a white CEO saying
"the team have been awesome"
then show the only black woman in the ad being clumsy
"well most of them".
What does that imply?

[MichelleB @mabelle_74]

Dear @Thinkboxtv are you familiar with the concept of implicit/unconscious bias? Your current tv ad appears to promote subconscious associations between black staff & poor performance...

[MichelleB @mabelle_74]

On the other hand, if you see Anthony Joshua or Clive Myrie? you'll get a big smile & a nice chat! Aaah each of those gentlemen were like a shot of pure sunshine to my day :D

[MichelleB @mabelle_74]

Btw if you're a Doc Brown/Ben Bailey Smith fan? here's a tip if you see him - NEVER refer to him as Doc Brown. DO NOT speak to him if he's eating lunch. Otherwise it's about as nice as running into Freddie Krueger in passing...

[MichelleB @mabelle_74]

@VeejayMistry Hey how come i never got a tweet like that? Unbelievable.

[MichelleB @mabelle_74]

I should have walked down & intervened.. but instead went out of my way (after the fact) to go & apologise to him, state he didn't deserve that & thank him for being a key-worker!

[MichelleB @mabelle_74]

Yesterday @Tfl i saw a young scottish white woman become 'the face mask police' & try to humiliate one of your black staff members in front of a train full of people. Not good!

[MichelleB @mabelle_74]

Dear @tfl please make the public more aware of the face mask exemption policy for your staff. Preferably in every single carriage, on every tube line.

[MichelleB @mabelle_74]

@Arlanymor4 @LewisHamilton @spinzbeatsinc Allows? That allows? That in itself is phrased in disempowering terms. Try saying 'achieved success' instead.

[Carole @meadows_carole]

For everyone who is feeling hopeless and helpless right now. A positive way to ensure that #BlackLivesMattter is more than just a hashtag 👊🏽
RT @mireillecharper

[MichelleB @mabelle_74]

No justice.
No peace.
For too long that is only the fate & burden of those victimised & oppressed. Protests tell those in power, until you fix the injustice we're giving you no peace. #growaconscience #blacklivesmatter

[MichelleB @mabelle_74]

@NAChristakis The idea of the "arc towards goodness" i'd very much agree is worth fore-grounding & may well be an urgent necessity. Ultimately it is a cheering thought! #thanksforthat

[MichelleB @mabelle_74]

Dear @NAChristakis just watched your CNN interview with @NPRMichel
Social Psychology's wide remit & Martin Seligman's Positive Psychology are far from overly focused on the negative?

[MichelleB @mabelle_74]

Wouldn't it be a better in society if when people get things wrong, that they reflect, learn a lesson & end up a bit wiser? Why not model that process.

[MichelleB @mabelle_74]

When it comes to #DannyBaker tweeting that chimp photo, if it was a comment about class, ok then what has he posted re William & Kate's children? But - i wish the BBC had suspended him rather than firing.

[Phil Chandler @BarefootBee]

STOLEN last night from Totnes with all my beekeeping equipment and tools. Please RT.

[MichelleB @mabelle_74]

It's from the RA summer exhibition back in 2016.
But still.
#truedat - https://t.co/vNYSXSUkAa

[MichelleB @mabelle_74]

Dr. Sarah Wollaston for Health Secretary! #bbcqt

[MichelleB @mabelle_74]

What the hell today?
I back Boris's POV...& now tonight, liking Louise Mensch's perspective? & Nigel Farage's salient points! #bbcqt