Hidden Biases

My Insight Into Hidden Biases
Lisa Chouinard
University of Central Florida

My Insight into Hidden Biases
In this paper, I am writing about my own personal experiences and perceptions of biases and prejudices. Although I have some experiences with biases and prejudices, the idea of hidden biases is a new concept for me. I will be merging what I already know with the new concepts that I have learned from the website.
Knowledge Gained Learning bias at the toddler age – This definitely explains why we have biases from the very beginning of school when it’s the first time being with a group of peers. Our parents are our first and most important influences in our lives. It is important that they instill good values and beliefs in us, as well as setting a good example by their own actions regarding biased and prejudiced behaviors and communications. I had the experience of going to a school that was all white, the community was all white, and the attitudes of all was that black people were not wanted and bad. I actually heard other students stating that they would

I was not aware of how early in life we can have biases instilled in us. Even though I was not raised to be prejudiced, I was also aware of an almost subconscious drive to prefer playing with other white children. It was also apparent, that the minority children also tended to want to keep to their own ethnic groups. Where I grew up at, ninety-five percent of the children in my schools were white, so I would have a hard time knowing how I would interact in schools that have a higher number of minorities. I was never opposed to having friends from minority groups, but I can remember some of my friends not wanting to. Peer pressure mostly kept me from having minority friends. I would have to conclude, that it was the parents of the other students in my social group that were responsible for this