Bias Quotes

"First impressions are always unreliable" "Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all" "When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination" "You cannot observe people through an ideology. Your ideology observes for you." "Reality has a well-known liberal bias." "People are naturally more superficial with attractive people. In terms of impressions, there's a trade-off between competence and looks. We can't help making snap judgments, and beautiful people may have a hard time being seen as competent" "The biggest mistake most people make is to not see themselves and others objectively." "A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices." "History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice." "There is no such thing as an impartial jury because there are no impartial people" "In order to maintain an untenable position, you have to be actively ignorant" "Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in a perilous mythology." "There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people" "Never ask a barber if you need a haircut" "The reason people think it’s important to be white is that they think it’s important not to be black." "If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed; if you do, you’re misinformed" "Prejudice is a great time saver you can form opinions without having to get the facts"