Verna Myers

"I will be returning to my consulting company working across global organizations and industries, while continuing to advise Netflix."

"Diversity is being invited to the party; inclusion is being asked to dance."

"Embracing inclusion requires "the institutions ability to fully integrate its understanding of and appreciation for the diverse cultures and backgrounds of its employees."

"I think youve already said the wrong thing by not saying anything."

"Biases are the stories we make up about people before we learn who they are. They are especially apparent when things are high-risk, or you have to make quick decisions."

"We were all the same, and then you had the nerve to be different."

"I have always been drawn to the idea of unconscious biases and blind spots and what happens in our unconscious mind. "Our brains are highly habitual. Our brains start reaching conclusions without immediately telling us that its doing so," she said. "Its looking for things that go together; what have I been habituated to understand goes together? Were backing up and moving toward people in social situations all the time."

"What we learned after Michael Brown was shot is that police officers are deeply ingrained with erroneous ideas about whos dangerous. Looking at pictures of black kids, theyre adding four years to their age, and are told that black people are crazy strong and have crazy [levels of] pain tolerance."

"This is quite frankly about people being in denial. The biggest barrier is that were in denial about our unconscious bias,"This investment in our self-image as good people is preventing us from moving forward. We dont need any more good people; we need real, authentic people."

"After musicians started auditioning for orchestras from behind curtains, "the number of women in top U.S. orchestras increased five-fold."

"We want the straightest gay people, and the whitest black people. We want that first-generation immigrant to act like theyve been chilling in this place forever."

"We have so many ways to favor those in the "in group" while excluding those who arent, including keeping them in their place with subtle but often intentional "micro inequities." Regardless of the intention, the pain and the impact is the same."