Lesson:

Biases and Prejudices

Q3-W1-D2
What comes to your mind when you see
this logo?
 It is a segment from a famous noontime
television show, “Eat Bulaga”.
Was there a time in your life when you
caught yourself prejudging others? Do you
consider yourself judgmental as well?
How will you judge these given dialogues?
 Do you believe that the statements
show fairness and equality?
If your answer is “NO”, then it means you
are good in detecting prejudices.
But what made you say that the dialogues
show prejudices?
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:
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!”
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.
 GUIDED PRACTICE
Examine the given images closely.
Identify which image shows bias or
prejudice. Write the word, bias or
prejudice as your answer.
Let’s see if you were able to label the pictures correctly.
1. Prejudice - A man who believes he is better than a person
with disability by laughing at him.
2. Bias - It is gender bias since the male gender is given
superiority over the female.
3. Prejudice - The two privileged men judge the man by his
status.
4. Prejudice - Boys making assumptions because of their
different social and cultural backgrounds.
5. Bias - Someone can be biased depending on which angle
he views the situation.
Generalization
 Assessment #2
Study and evaluate whether the given
scenarios contain biases and
prejudices. Write bias, prejudice, or
none.
Here are the correct answers. Check
your work!
1) prejudice
2) bias
3) bias
4) none
5) prejudice
 Reflection #2
Words to ponder!
Have your own reflection to this quotation.