So what‘s a person supposed to do？ The answer， says Gamlem， is both incredibly simple and enormously difficult： “Appreciate people for who they are as individuals， not for what class of people they are assumed to be associated with.” That means checking your biases and automatic stereotypes -- we’ve all got them -- at the door and taking some time to understand your coworkers‘ cultural backgrounds and values. Gamlem is the first to admit that this fundamental and necessary change in the way we view our fellow human beings won’t happen overnight. “It‘s a process，” she says. “It needs to be nurtured over time.”