Prejudice: Balanced or Biased?

Many people experience discrimination in their daily lives. Sometimes discrimination is directed
towards a person’s race and sometimes towards a person’s gender.
Read the following statements and decide if there is a bias or prejudice. Check the appropriate box.

Gender Bias Racial Bias No Bias

1. Boys are naturally better in math than girls.
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2. More women than men watch soap operas.
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3. The operation by the lady doctor was a
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4. The musicians practiced for the concert. ❑ ❑ ❑
5. Asian children make excellent students. ❑ ❑ ❑
6. My younger sister reads better than I do. ❑ ❑ ❑
7. Moms are better cooks than dads. ❑ ❑ ❑
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8. Firemen must always be ready to answer the
alarm.

9. Hispanic children are naturally kind. ❑ ❑ ❑

10. Tall people have a better view of parades. ❑ ❑ ❑
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11. Black people have more rhythm than white
people.

12. Women were not allowed to vote until 1920. ❑ ❑ ❑

13. Mr. Jones asked the boys to carry the
dictionaries to the bookroom while the girls
prepared refreshments for the class party.
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14. My dad has an important job, but my mom
just stays home. ❑ ❑ ❑
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15. All nurses should wear clean, appropriate
dresses to work.

Hold a class discussion about these statements. Does everyone agree? Write your own
definition of bias.
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