Biases and Prejudice

Prepared By: Nora Lea

Guro
 Good
Morning
All!
 OBJECTIVES
1. distinguish bias and prejudice;
2. make a realization about the effects of bias
and prejudice in real life situations; and
3. identify the message being portrayed in the
illustration whether it’s bias or prejudice.
 PICTURE MATCH
Look at the pictures below. Match the
words in the box from the pictures that
show people’s clothes.
PICTURE MATCH
Do you think the following statements show fairness
and equality?

A. I don’t want blacks living in my neighborhood.

B. I don’t want Jews owning businesses in my
town.
C. I don’t want a Muslim Community Center in
lower Manhattan
 Bias vs. Prejudice
A. Bias
Bias is an inclination toward (or away from) one way
of thinking, often based on how you were raised. For
example, the extremely sensationalized news on the
cause of death of Christine Dacera. Many people
remained biased against the 11 accused, treating them
like convicted killers, even after the medico legal report
said that her death was natural.
 Examples of Bias in Behavior
• If someone has a bias about women, they can take
two different approaches. If they're biased toward
women, they might hire only women because they
feel they make better employees for some gender-
related reason. Conversely, if they're biased against
women, they might hire a man over a more-
qualified female candidate.
 Examples of Bias in Behavior
• Biases toward certain religions can also manifest in
two different ways. If someone is biased toward their
own religion, they will think their beliefs and
practices are superior to any other form of religion.
If, however, they're biased against a certain religion,
they might show it by making rude or insensitive
comments, or go as far as vandalizing religious
buildings.
 Examples of Bias in Behavior
• How about same-sex couples? If someone is biased
toward same-sex couples, they might choose to rent
their home to them over a heterosexual couple. If
they're biased against same-sex couples, they might
discriminate against them by refusing to rent to
them.
 Examples of Bias in Behavior
• If someone is biased toward a political affiliation,
they will tend to speak more positively of politicians
belonging to the same party. If that same person is
biased against a different political affiliation, he or
she might show bias by quickly dismissing or
disagreeing with anyone who aligns with that
opposing political view.
 EXAMPLE OF BIAS IN THE NEWS
Bias by photos, captions and camera angles
Some pictures flatter a person, others make the
person look unpleasant. A paper can choose photos to
influence opinion about, for example, a candidate for
election. On television, the choice of which visual
images to display is extremely important. The
captions newspapers run below photos are also
potential sources of bias.
 EXAMPLE OF BIAS IN THE NEWS
Bias through use of names and titles.
News media often use labels and titles to describe
people, places, and events. A person can be called an
"ex-con" or be referred to as someone who "served
time twenty years ago for a minor offense." Whether a
person is described as a "terrorist" or a "freedom
fighter" is a clear indication of editorial bias.
EXAMPLE:
 EXAMPLE OF BIAS IN THE NEWS

Bias through statistics and crowd counts

To make a disaster seem more spectacular (and
therefore worthy of reading about), numbers can be
inflated. "A hundred injured in aircrash" can be the
same as "only minor injuries in air crash," reflecting
the opinion of the person doing the counting.
B. PREJUDICE
Prejudice refers to a preconceived opinion or
feeling toward a person based solely on their
affiliation with a group. It often casts an unfavorable
light on someone simply because they’re a member of
some ethnic group, religion, or organization.
Stereotyping
This is having an over generalized belief
about a particular group especially if it is
negative and is applied to every member of
that group.
Stereotyping
Example:
You met and Ilocano guy along the way
and you would think that he is “kuripot”,
this is your advanced and unreasonable
thoughts about others.
Racism
The belief that all members of each race
possess characteristics or abilities specific to
that race, especially so as to distinguish
them as inferior or superior to another race
or races.
Racism
Example:
In many Filipino-teleseryes, they present a lead
character as “ugly” by darkening her skin with
cosmetics. Also, in some circles, dark skin is still
considered a mark of ugliness. In some schools, issues
of bullying wherein students are being ostracized for
having dark skin and being called “itang gala”.
Sexism
Sexism can be a belief that one sex is
superior to or more valuable than another
sex. It imposes limits on what men and boys
can and should do and what women and
girls can and should do.
Sexism
Example:
Different expectations about the way men and women are
supposed to behave are everywhere, but it’s particularly frustrating
when they are treated differently for exhibiting similar behaviors.
An assertive woman is called “pushy” or “bitchy”, while an
assertive man is promoted; an ageing woman is called a “witch”,
while an ageing man is called a “silver fox” and can still have an
acting career well into his 60s; a man is high-fived for his sexual
prowess while a woman is slut-shamed for “sleeping around”;
men who work long hours are “workaholics”, while career-
focused women are selfish.
Thank You
See you next time!