Blog Post 2
Reflection Prompt for Videos 1 and 2: I believe that we all have bias. I think that it is not possible to be a totally non-biased person. Bias comes from the interpretation and analysis of things from the background of our own culture. I was raised in a small, rural community in California. We were surrounded by people who were very similar to us. At the time, we did not have any black children at our school. I actually checked back to my grade school year books. In my cultural and family, black people were scary, dangerous, and lazy. There were a lot of racist people in the area I lived and I am sorry to say in my family too. This feeling was part of my cultural bias. I grew up and met some incredible people who were black. I became friends with a wonderful family that lived on our street. As a teacher, I had many black students in my classroom. The bias I had against black people was overcome because I experienced and learned for myself. I believe we can overcome biases ...