We are often told not to judge a book by its cover, but that is exactly what you need to do with the new diversity quiz from the Human Library. The methodology is simple, look, judge, swipe and reflect. The purpose of the quiz is to help our readers better understand how our bias influences the way we engage with other groups in our community.

“We recognize that it is part of human nature to navigate diversity by way of our unconscious bias and the quiz will help us understand that,” says HLO founder Ronni Abergel.

Reflecting on our bias

One of the questions in the new diversity quiz.

It takes less than five minutes to test your unconscious bias and complete a set of the questions. In short you are presented with an image of one or more of our books and a statement along with the choices you have.

You then swipe your answers according to your first instincts. The exercise ends with an opportunity to reflect on the judgements passed and mirror in how others judged.

Volunteer books

The content of the online diversity quiz is based in part on the experiences of our volunteer books from around the world. This means many of the stereotypes and prejudices included in the quiz are faced by real people everyday.

The project was made possible with support from the Danish Welfare and Research Foundation for Educators. 

Helping prepare readers to unjudge

The quiz is available in English and Danish for now, but more versions are in the pipeline. The quiz will primarily be used as part of preparing our coming readers from schools, colleges, universities and workplaces, for their visit to the Human Library. Follow the link below to try the new quiz.

https://quiz.humanlibrary.org/

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Prejudice is not something we should be ashamed of, rather it is something we must be aware to challenge. A new app under development from the Human Library will help do that.

“We often meet people who do not believe they have prejudices. But all people navigate diversity through the use of certain prejudices. They are simply part of our instincts and the app help will make you see that clearly” says Ronni Abergel, founder of the Human Library, about the project.

Online Prejudice Quiz

A financial commitment of 400,000 DKK from the Danish Welfare and Research Fund for Educators enables the development of an online prejudice Quiz.

“When you participate in our prejudice Quiz, it is our ambition that you shall quickly realize, that the decisions you make and the answers you give are very much influenced by your prejudices. And in this way, you will be challenged on your understanding of yourself and your knowledge of other groups in society, ”says project manager Anne-Mette Østerbye.

In use at schools and festivals

The Human Library hosts more than 50 events annually just in Denmark. Many of these are visits to educational institutions. The new prejudice quiz will, among other things, be integrated into the preparation lessons for all of the Human Library’s visits. Where thousands of young people gain access to our bookshelf. The digital tool can also be used at festivals, so that we can, in an elegant and effective way, try to make it clear, why it is a good idea to become “a reader” of the Human Library.

Ready for the Human Library 20th anniversary

The work on developing the project is now underway and we expect the official launch to take place in connection with the 20th anniversary of the Human Library in 2020.

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