Had this idea some weeks ago, but hadnt been able to post. Anyway, what biases have you learned to correct, or are still working on in your life? You may want to explain or elaborate oh how you overcame or are overcoming still.
[Bias is a tendency to lean in a certain direction, often to the detriment of an open mind. Those who are biased tend to believe what they want to believe, refusing to take into consideration the opinions of others. To truly be biased, it means you're lacking a neutral viewpoint. Sprouting from cultural contexts, biases tend to take root within an ethnic group, social class, or religion.
Bias, prejudice, and discrimination all live under the same roof. Bias is an inclination toward one way of thinking, often based on how you were raised.
For example, in one of the most high-profile trials of the 20th century O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murder, but many people will remain biased toward him and treat him like a convicted killer anyway. http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-bias.html]
When I was a child, thought classmates who were rebuked or humiliated by teacher were slow or stupid. In time, I saw it may in fact be the teachers who did not know how to draw out the child’s gifts or skills that is the problem.
Now too, I go by the words:
Romans 12:3 (KJV)
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
[Bias is a tendency to lean in a certain direction, often to the detriment of an open mind. Those who are biased tend to believe what they want to believe, refusing to take into consideration the opinions of others. To truly be biased, it means you're lacking a neutral viewpoint. Sprouting from cultural contexts, biases tend to take root within an ethnic group, social class, or religion.
Bias, prejudice, and discrimination all live under the same roof. Bias is an inclination toward one way of thinking, often based on how you were raised.
For example, in one of the most high-profile trials of the 20th century O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murder, but many people will remain biased toward him and treat him like a convicted killer anyway. http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-bias.html]
When I was a child, thought classmates who were rebuked or humiliated by teacher were slow or stupid. In time, I saw it may in fact be the teachers who did not know how to draw out the child’s gifts or skills that is the problem.
Now too, I go by the words:
Romans 12:3 (KJV)
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
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