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    This document discusses biases and prejudices. It defines bias as disproportionate weight given unfairly to one thing over another. Prejudice is defined as an affective feeling toward a person or group based solely on membership. Examples are given of biases, such as teachers giving more attention to girls or a contest winner having a father as a judge. Examples of prejudices include assuming disabilities based on physical disability or not serving customers due to race. The document encourages thinking of associated words and differentiating bias and prejudice through their results, with bias causing unfairness and prejudice often resulting in discrimination.

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    This document discusses biases and prejudices. It defines bias as disproportionate weight given unfairly to one thing over another. Prejudice is defined as an affective feeling toward a person or group based solely on membership. Examples are given of biases, such as teachers giving more attention to girls or a contest winner having a father as a judge. Examples of prejudices include assuming disabilities based on physical disability or not serving customers due to race. The document encourages thinking of associated words and differentiating bias and prejudice through their results, with bias causing unfairness and prejudice often resulting in discrimination.

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    This document discusses biases and prejudices. It defines bias as disproportionate weight given unfairly to one thing over another. Prejudice is defined as an affective feeling toward a person or group based solely on membership. Examples are given of biases, such as teachers giving more attention to girls or a contest winner having a father as a judge. Examples of prejudices include assuming disabilities based on physical disability or not serving customers due to race. The document encourages thinking of associated words and differentiating bias and prejudice through their results, with bias causing unfairness and prejudice often resulting in discrimination.

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    of 14

    ATING

    BIASES
    FROM
    PREJUDICES
    Can you recall an
    experience where you are
    wrongly judged by other
    people around you?
    2
    BIAS

    Bias is disproportionate weight in favor


    of or against one thing, person, or group
    compared with another, usually in a way
    considered to be unfair.
    3
    EXAMPLES:

    Female teachers give more attention to


    girls.
    Maureen won the contest because one of
    the judges is her father.
    4
    PREJUDICE

    Prejudice is an affective feeling towards


    a person or group member based solely
    on that person's group membership.

    5
    EXAMPLES:

    It is sometimes assumed that someone who is


    physically disabled is also mentally disabled.
    Not serving someone in a restaurant or retail
    store because of their color of skin or race.
    6
    Look at the following word web below, can you think of
    words that you could associate with prejudice and bias?
    DIS RA FAVO WRONG
    UNF ISOLA REJEC
    LIK CIS RITIS JUDGEME
    AIR TION TION
    E M M NT
    BIAS
    FAVO PREJUDICE
    DIS RA
    UNF RITIS LIK CIS
    AIR M ISOLA
    E REJEC
    M
    TIONWRONG TION
    JUDGEME
    NT
    7
    HOW CAN YOU EASILY DIFFERENTIATE
    bias from prejudice?

    THROUGH THE RESULTS


    Bias results in unfairness.
    Prejudice often results in discrimination.
    8
    BIAS
    Imagine that you are a teacher, and you see two
    students fighting. You personally know the parent
    of one of them. So you jump to the conclusion
    that it was the other student who started the fight.

    9
    BIAS

    Picking articles or stories that are pleasing to


    the owners of the media organization or
    network.

    10
    PREJUDICE

    Some people consider all


    Muslim women to be illiterate
    and uneducated.
    11
    BIAS
    An online news outlet’s biggest sponsor was a major airline
    so, the outlet headlines stories pertaining to incidents on other
    airlines and hold back stories that made other airline look bad.

    12
    ACTIVITY
    Directions: Create a visual organizer to help you understand the concept of bias and
    prejudice.

    Definition
    Characteristics
    (own words)
    BIAS
    Examples (from
    Examples (own life) others’ lives)

    13
    GIVE EXAMPLES OF CURRENT
    EVENTS THAT SHOWS BIAS OR
    PREJUDICE and explain your thoughts
    about it.

    14

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