Is it BIAS or

PREJUDICE?
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English 9 -
3 Quarter
rd

Lesson 1
 LESSON OBJECTIVES:
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 MON-TUE
 1. identify biased statements;
 2. associate bias with related words; and
 3. share prior experiences about bias.
 WED-THU
 1.identify the aspects of prejudice seen in the scenarios;
 2. judge the action of a person with prejudiced feeling
using adjectives; and
 3. promote advocacy for anti-prejudice social norms.
Answer this in your
paper…
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Review & Recall
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CONCEPT FOR UNDERSTANDING
BIAS & PREJUDICE
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 DEFINITION of BIAS
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 The term bias is a disproportionate weight in favor
of or against one thing, person, or group compared
with another, usually in a way considered to be
unfair.
 It is a judgment based on a personal point of view.
 If you’re biased toward something, then you lean
favorably toward it; you tend to think positively of
it.
 if you’re biased against something, then you lean
negatively against it; you tend to think poorly of it.
 BIAS Statements
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Examples:
1. Female teachers of a particular school give more
attention to girls.
2. She won the contest because one of the judges is her
father.
3. A local official only listens to those who are rich and
influential.
4. He is not given a chance to take a scholarship
examination because he is too young.
5. The spelling bee master gives a difficult word instead of
an easy one to the contestant that he disliked because he
wants his bet to win in the easy round
Try to see the Bias in the given
sentences.
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Write BIAS if the person showed
favoritism.
Write FAIR if the person in each statement
is not one-sided or does not show being
for or against someone/something.
If it is biased, provide an explanation by
thinking of a possible reason behind it.
Try to see the Bias in the given
sentences.
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1. Our teacher gave each one of us a cute red planner
and we really liked it!
2. The stepmother cares only for her biological
daughter and rejects the daughter of her husband.
3. The manager gave extra bonus to his employees
regardless of their positions.
4. A rich grandmother paid for the fake DNA test
results because she did not like her grandchild.
5. The class officer who was assigned to return the
answer sheets did not return the paper of his rival
classmate because he wanted him to lose one paper
for compilation.
OBSERVE and THINK!
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 BIAS you see in description
/expression
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• Age — Calling older people “the elderly” or “the aged”.
• Ability or health status — Describing people with different
abilities or health conditions as “wheelchair-bound” or
“victims” of a disease, “Person With Disability”
• Sexual orientation and identity — Using terms like
“homosexuals” or “the gays”.
 BIAS in LANGUAGE USE
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 LANGUAGE BIAS refers to words and expressions that are
offensive, demeaning, or prejudicial toward individuals or
groups on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, social class,
appearance, physical or mental abilities, or sexual
orientation.
 Example of Language Bias: SEXIST LANGUAGE
 as firefighter replacing fireman and mail
carrier replacing mailman.
 BIASED LANGUAGE
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 Biased language is made up of words or phrases that might
make certain people or groups feel excluded or
underrepresented.
 Example:
 Blacklist Type of Biased Language: Racial Bias
Many terms used every day can contain potential bias. Words
like “blacklist” are an example of bias language and imply Black
is bad and White (e.g. “whitelist”) is good. A sentence using bias
like “blacklist” might turn off Black candidates.
 Example of bias in a sentence: “Mail control and blacklist
monitoring.”
 RECOMMENDED : “BLOCKLIST”
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TRANSITION NOTES
Bias and Prejudice
 BIAS vs. PREJUDICE
 Prejudice is the negative 
feeling or attitude towards a
person or a group even if it lacks basis.
 It is based on insufficient facts and usually unfavorable
and/or intolerant.
 It is often used to refer to an attitude, prejudgment or
preconceived evaluation of another person based on that
person’s political affiliation, sex, gender, beliefs, values,
social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, race,
ethnicity, language, nationality, complexion, beauty,
height, occupation, wealth, education, criminality, sport
team affiliation, music tastes or other personal
characteristics.
 Prejudices are usually aimed at the ―other and are often
accompanied by ignorance, fear or hatred.
 PREJUDICE
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 This feeling may be translated into action by discriminating against
the person or members of the target group.

 Examples:
 1. Bullying and discriminating someone because of his disability.
 2. A person is not serving someone in a
 3. Posting negative comments on social media that attack certain
religious sects that a person does not belong to.
 4. Because he is poor, he is always accused of stealing every time
his rich neighbor’s valuable things are lost.
 5. A man who lives in a judgmental society and thinks that his
heart is a woman is constantly bullied by his neighbors because his
sexual preference is not accepted.
 Bias…
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 Recall the movie “Titanic” by James Cameron. What
was the movie all about? What struggles did the
characters go through in the story? Was there an
unfair treatment towards the characters? Explain in
3-5 sentences only.
 Prejudice
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 Romeo and Juliet experienced prejudice in their love
story due to their parents’ disapproval and ancient
grudge. What is prejudice?
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End of Lesson Part 1

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