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To investigate potential unconscious bias among dental hygiene educators and identify baseline perceptions of race and racism.

Dental hygiene programs in the USA were clustered into 4 geographic regions from which 2 programs were sampled from each region. The 20‐item, Color‐Blind Racial Attitudes Scale (CoBRAS) electronic survey was sent to educators from each of the selected programs in 2022. The CoBRAS instrument measures contemporary racism and stereotyping in 3 subcategories: Unawareness of Racial Privilege, Institutional Discrimination, and Blatant Racial Issues. Scores range from 20‐120, with higher scores indicating elevated levels of denial of racism. Descriptive statistics and one‐way ANOVA were performed. The level of significance was set to α = 0.05.

Of the 172 potential respondents, 89 (52%) completed all of the survey questions. The …