Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF OLONGAPO CITY
GORDON HEIGHTS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Most Essential Learning Competency: Differentiate biases from prejudices EN9LC-IVf-13.3

Lesson 1: Bias and Prejudice

What comes to your mind when you see this logo?

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It is a segment from the famous "Eat Bulaga" noontime television show. In your life, was there a time when you caught
yourself prejudging others? Do you also consider yourself judgmental? How are you going to judge these given
dialogues, then?

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Do you think the above statements demonstrate fairness and equality? If "NO" is your answer, then it means that you are good at
identifying prejudices. But what was it that made you say the dialogues show prejudice?

Prejudice refers to a preconceived opinion or feeling toward a person based solely on their affiliation with a group.

This feeling may be translated into action by discriminating against the person or members of the target group.
An individual may be prejudiced against others based on factors such as race, age, gender, sexual orientation, class
status, religion, nationality, and amongst other things.

Examples:

“I don’t want Blacks living in my neighborhood!”

“I don’t want Jews owning businesses in my town!”
“I don’t want a Muslim community center in lower Manhattan!”
 These examples clearly show that there are prejudices going on. The statements prejudge against black people,
Jews, and Muslims basically because of their race, nationality and religion. Even though they have not done anything
wrong yet, but because of their backgrounds, people tend to prejudge them and eventually discriminate them. These are
very common in our society even up to the present time.

Another term that causes confusion and is often used interchangeably with “prejudice” is “bias”. But these two terms
differ from each other. Let’s examine how it differs from the former.

Bias is a tendency to lean in a certain direction, either in favor of or against a particular thing. To be truly biased
means to lack a neutral viewpoint on a particular topic. Somewhere along the line, bias took on a negative connotation.

If you're biased toward something, then you lean favorably toward it; you tend to think positively of it.
Meanwhile, if you're biased against something, then you lean negatively against it; you tend to think poorly of it.

Examples:
a) In other Christian sects, the preacher position is only given to males and not to females.
b) Sectarian schools only accept students who share the same religious beliefs.
c) Some churches don’t accept women who wear pants instead of dresses or skirts during their services.

In the given examples, a certain group or people is given favor than the other. In number one, males are given
more power or authority than females. Number two, students who are interested to study in a school but don’t share the
same religion can’t be admitted. And lastly, women who want to attend church services aren’t allowed to go if they don’t
wear the prescribed clothes for the said services.