Top Bias Quotes

The minute we look away, the minute we stop fighting back, that's the minute bigotry wins.

Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all.

Bias Definition

(n.) A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.

(n.) A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.

(n.) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

(n.) A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.

(a.) Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.

(a.) Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

(adv.) In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.

(v. t.) To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.

Holding one's self responsible is a critical feature in stigma and in the generation of shame since violation of standards, rules, and goals are insufficient in its elicitation unless responsibility c...

Bias rules our minds and causes us to overlook the obvious. From 'Fillossofee: Messages From a Grandfather', by Robert Gately

Tolerance of intolerance enables oppression.

This disease comes with a package: shame. When any other part of your body gets sick, you get sympathy.

It's not 'over-sensitivity' to ask to be treated with the same dignity and respect shown to others.

If you'd combat bigotry, use honest language and call things out for what they really are.

People love it when you criticise some things which they do not believe in, practices which are contrary to what they practice or contrary views. They call you objective and truthfulBut immediately yo...

Sometimes, it is easier for people to believe lies then deal with the uncomfortableness of their own fear of action. These type of people feel uncomfortable unless everyone is the same or God presents...

People often call fighting discrimination being 'PC' because they don't want their own unearned privileges challenged.

They said my solution was foreign because I lived on another planet. It required honesty. It required communication. It required kindness. It required integrity. It required compassion. It required em...

It speaks volumes when people who are discriminated against go on to discriminate against others.

We all know that any emotional bias -- irrespective of truth or falsity -- can be implanted by suggestion in the emotions of the young, hence the inherited traditions of an orthodox community are abso...

There was no one to blame but the mighty, ruthless stranger. Thus was complexity reduced to demonology, which is a defining feature of anti-Americanism, anti-Semitism, or, indeed, any "anti-ism.

... Whenever the man of science introduces his personal value judgment, a full understanding of the facts ceases.

If you think being straight means you're being discriminated against, you're probably misreading your privilege.

Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon.

Believers if opt to practice Favoritism will fail miserably to build a relationship of Mutual Trust & True Respect for themselves.

Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all.