The Sneaky Way Bias Can Distort Your World View

[Razard86]

I came across a commenter on Youtube who was replying to some guys who were talking about Black Male and Female Relationships. She claimed a statistic (which I didn't check for its veracity) that stated that Black Men Kill Black Women at a particular rate and that Black Women need to be protected. I explained to her that Black Boys and Men in America die at the highest rate. Her reply? Yeah because Black Men are the ones killing them. I explained to her that everyone kills Black Men in America statistically at the highest rate and if we discuss rape if you include prison rape men get raped more than women.

So my point to her is if she wants to play the victim game as a woman, well men are actually victimized more so who is going to protect men. Her reply? Men need to stop killing and raping. I started laughing because she doesn't see her bias. So if a peaceful man who is kind and considerate gets killed by a violent man...its his fault for dying because he is a man, he needs to protect himself. But if a peaceful woman who is kind is killed by a violent man that is the fault of MEN. So when a man is killed by a man its MEN's fault....which actually punishes the man who dies....for being a man. It also makes his life...not as significant from her world view...because when a woman dies by a man....she is a victim, but when a man dies by another man its just something that happened.

What she doesn't realize is she has a bias in favor of a woman's life over a man's life which is why she cannot understand what she is communicating. When a man dies or a woman dies regardless of which gender murdered who its a problem for BOTH groups. When you start pointing to one group as a problem....you create bias, and preference, and discrimination is born.

What many activists for specific groups don't realize....in your attempt to fight for your group and get rid of discrimination....you become what you fight against....oh the irony!!! Reality is HILARIOUS!!! It reveals so obviously....that discrimination is unconscious....people really believe they are doing the right thing!!! LOL!!