MAYS LANDING — Atlantic Cape Community College will host the Smithsonian Institution’s exhibit “The Bias Inside Us” Monday, January 26, 2026 through Friday, February 20, 2026.

This community engagement project from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) will raise awareness about the social science and psychology of implicit bias, the impact of this bias and what people can do
about it. “The Bias Inside Us” features a traveling exhibition that serves as the centerpiece for local programs and activities. Through compelling images, hands-on interactives and powerful testimonials and videos, the exhibition unpacks and demystifies the concept of bias.

The exhibition features six sections: Introduction, The Science of Bias, Bias in Real Life, Serious Consequences—Bias is All Around Us,

RetrainYourBrain and Personal Reflection.

The exhibit will be open on Atlantic Cape’s Mays Landing campus in the STEM (S-Building) lobby Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m., Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., and closed Saturdays and Sundays.
Visitors will explore the foundational blocks of bias, the psychology of how it forms and how it influences behaviors both consciously and unconsciously. Interactive elements display how implicit and explicit bias show up in the world and how bias influences systems and policies that have consequences for many people and communities. One interactive experience invites visitors to think about the how
bias is reflected in product design, advertising, architecture and technology.

Among the videos in the exhibition is a series that features eight voices from diverse perspectives sharing personal experience with bias.
The exhibition also features Spanish photographer Angélica Dass’ Humanae project, which reflects on the color of skin that challenges the concept of race. In this work, Dass documents humanity’s true colors through portraits, rather than the labels “white,” “red,” “black” and “yellow.”
  
“The Bias Inside Us” draws from the scientific research and educational work by psychologists Mahzarin R. Banaji of Harvard University and Anthony G. Greenwald, professor emeritus at the
University of Washington. They defined the term “implicit bias” through their work on unconscious and conscious mental processes. Their book Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People (Delacorte Press, 2013) explores the biases people carry based on their exposure to cultural attitudes on areas such as
gender, race, social class and disability status. 
 
An online version of the exhibition is available at biasinsideus.si.edu.

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