Biases Quotes
Biases Quote of the day
Racism is, among other things, the unearned skepticism of one group of humans joined to the unearned sympathy for another.
Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it.
The best way to expose our ignorance is to hold on to biased ideas and opinions, because we fear giving the upper hand to the other side.
When we hide discrimination under the guise of 'religious freedom, ' we make a mockery of human rights.
Leaders need to correct for cognitive biases the way a sharpshooter corrects for wind velocity or a yachtsman corrects for the tide.
Every question was also an opportunity to create an impression that would guide how all subsequent answers to questions got interpreted.
People often call fighting racism being 'PC' when they don't want to confront their own prejudice
Whites saying 'make America white again' is like millionaires saying 'make the wealthy rich again.
Saying something is 'politically correct' is often a way of dismissing the voices of the oppressed.
While you judge me by my outward appearance I am silently doing the same to you, even though there's a ninety-percent chance that in both cases our assumptions are wrong.
It's not 'over-sensitivity' to ask to be treated with the same dignity and respect shown to others.
People often call fighting discrimination being 'PC' because they don't want their own unearned privileges challenged.
Political correctness’ is a label the privileged often use to distract from their privilege and hate.
Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against.
Racism is dead only to those who've closed their eyes and ears to the whole world around them.
I like uncovering the cultural prejudices I didn't even know.
Bigotry hurts the economy, so the next time you want to blame minorities for your problems, first take a look in the mirror.
Self-serving biases and self-centered agendas are cotton jammed in the ears of our conscience. Even if truth shouts, we can’t hear it.
As the unexpected becomes ordinary, the spotlight shifts once again to land where your brain thinks it will get more informational bang for the attentional buck.
The objective for each individual when you are pulled over by an officer of the law is to - Survive the Stop!
Is there a war on cops? Is there a war on the Black man? Who is going to call a cease fire?
Why are the police REALLY having trouble recruiting officers - especially Black officers? We have to bridge the gap between community and law enforcement.
The human brain always concocts biases to aid in the construction of a coherent mental life, exclusively suitable for an individual’s personal needs.
One way or another we are all biased, but still we have the modern cortical capacity to choose whether or not to let the harmful biases dictate our behavior.
You can’t afford anthropomorphic biases when some of the aliens most like us would rather make human hamburgers than peace.
We no longer have any time to waste, entertaining our dark side. It is time we recognize those evil elements of our internal world and start working untiringly on eradicating them.
The moment when humanity learns to tame all its primeval biases, only then it will be worth the title "Sapiens", not any earlier.
Racist legacy laws and modern racist practices are all part of the same system, and it needs to be changed now.
