None of us is unbiased. Only difference is that some of us actively hold ourselves in check..

Watching children grow is fascinating. You ask a child to draw a person and they will try to do so, without any thought on fat, slim, redhead, blonde, black or white as topical features; they will simply try to draw a person (perhaps someone they see often, who may be slim and blonde or chubby and brunette …) as a person.. PERIOD

At some point in their development (and teachers play a huge part in this – but they tend to manage to avoid scrutiny as parents are usually under that spotlight) they begin to learn to be biased and today’s society is an easy accelerant

It’s so easy to point fingers these days BUT the truth is: WE ALL HAVE A TENDENCY TO BE BIASED and we all have one -ism or the other in us. The only difference is that some of us continue to educate ourselves and ensure we never allow our bias to creep to the surface or play a part in the decisions we make concerning others. Access to such education and poise, is not widely available and in particular, to the poorly educated in low-skill jobs and those that society place in the lower-classes or working class; leading to the rampant public outbursts we see today, amplified by the internet and usually under that illiterate heading: ”free speech”. Speech has never been free of consequences…