Essays on Bias

Fiction can serve a true and critical part in uncovering and inspecting non-narrative truths, particularly truths on delicate subjects like race (Campbell and Bebe 962). Often an obstruction to legit race report is the protectiveness that Americans use as a hindrance to piece the correspondence when gone up against by racially chronicled certainties. The utilization of writing to inspect ourselves by looking at narrative characters might be a circuitous method for accomplishing immediate racial report and progress. Many of the issues encountered by the characters cause the dysfunction in their families and the public arena by and large (Davis).
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Self-concept is the perception of oneself through an in-built mirror showing how one thinks of himself or herself. Self-concept arises from self-evaluation. It is the awareness that arises as concerns to what concepts best describe oneself. Self-concept comprises of the distinction one makes from others concerning oneself and how one views the world around him or her. The process of defining oneself starts from an early age and continues to develop depending on the environment and the persons who influence the child’s growth. It involves recognition of certain properties that are inherently constant and others that can be Continue reading...

There have been major concerns and issues that continue to pervade contemporary societies. The highlights of the media report, journal critique, and personal interview focus more on inequality, discrimination, and implicit bias in the criminal justice system towards members of the minority groups.
One learned and acknowledged the relevance of implementing laws, policies, and regulations that seriously take note of the needs, rights, opportunities, and resources that should be accorded to all people, regardless of age, gender, race or ethnic orientation, cultural background, or other demographic factors. The current justice system appears to be perceived as applying discriminatory practices Continue reading...

The information about policies that the public needs to know should be truthful and free of bias as much as possible as these information shape public opinion and even electoral decision. The presentation of the factual and unbiased information about policies is most of the time the responsibility of media as politicians are subject to their political beliefs and stand on the specific issue. The media, as the Fourth Estate, should present this information in such a way there could be clarity and understanding between the government officials and the constituents.
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Type of False Confession (1)

With regards to the false confession applied in this particular case, it is reasonable to conclude on the fact that voluntary false and internalized confessions have been perpetrated by the alleged delinquent. The aforementioned conclusion bases on the analysis of the fact, with a particular focal point placed on the internal decision of the questioned person. The employees of the penitentiary institution did not exercise excessive physical or mental pressure over him. Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that the decision to deliver false confession was dictated by the internal motives on the first two suspects (Douglas Firemnon and Continue reading...

Introduction

The media has had an amazing impact on the society around it. Newspapers, television, internet, and the radio are some of the forms of media that are in use, in Canada. Unfortunately, the media has managed to influence people’s perceptions and behavior in a negative manner. Stereotyping is one way through which the media can create negative perceptions by pointing out certain characteristics about a certain group of people. It is no wonder the Canadian media have been involved in issues of ethnic stereotyping of certain groups in Canada. The Canadian blacks have been the worst affected with Continue reading...

Not so long ago, I went to the book store and happened to pick up “The Best American Short Stories 1982” since I had always been a fan of John Gardner. I was excited to read the stories in the book, but I was surprised to learn that it contained short stories from several authors. The one that particularly stood out was Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral.” Carver had apparently been longing for critical acclaim for quite some time, which he received after his collection containing this story was published. Considering the remarkable characters, dialogue, plot, and the theme of Continue reading...

“The Ethics of Living Jim Crow: An Autobiographical Sketch” by Richard Wright depicts the writers life lessons learned by while growing up as black boy in the United States in the early 20th century. This was period when there was a lot racial segregation in the nation especially in the South. The story illustrates several of the lessons especially about race that the author had to learn. It illustrates how he had to learn to live in a society laded with racial prejudice as well as discrimination. His main argument or theme regards to how blacks living in the Continue reading...

Question One

Race is more deliberate than prejudice. According to the articles, the definition of racism is discrimination against someone due to first and foremost their race, differences in skin color, and/ or where they are from. According to the book, Racist America: Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations, the author articulates that most of the founding fathers of the United States had slaves. They therefore knew the toll that slavery had on the slaves and the hardships that the slaves underwent, even so, the still went ahead and knowingly regarded a slave as there fifths of a human in the Continue reading...

Introduction

The contact between the European and Indigenous people led to many points of conflict and clashes. The indigenous people for this are the Indians in America. The conflict of the Indian cultural and religious beliefs with the Christianity and European cultures made it almost impossible for the existence of the two groups of people without conflicts. The Hindu religion clashed with the Christianity leading to conflicts and differences between the Europeans and Indians in America (Tompkins 8-10). The differences in cultural background between the Europeans and the indigenous people led to many grounds of conflicts. The attitudes and perceptions Continue reading...

Talkorigins.org is a newsgroup created by Usenet. It is devoted to the discussion and debate of physical and biological origins. A large percentage of the articles and discussions on the website is focused around the evolution/creation controversy. Some of the other topics discussed on the site include; theology and cosmology, catastrophism, biology, geology, and the origin of life.
The archive of the talkorigins.org contains arrays of essays and articles many of which have been published on the site at some particular point in time in the future. The main reason behind the creation of the archive is to provide Continue reading...

Introduction

In response to whether, there exist too much liberalism in US journalism or not. This paper will provide an overview of what the main research that is yet to be undertaken will cover. Essentially, this outline will include a brief overview of the research scope, background considerations, the thesis statement of the research, the main points that the research paper will deal with and finally the conclusions that the research paper is perceived to make.

Liberal bias entails many issues, though most of the issues in this case are politically oriented; some of the issues are consistent with a Continue reading...

QUESTION ONE:

The fact of the case is that MS, Delores Mendoza was not promoted to the position of the supervisor. Ms. Mendoza is a Hispanic working for Dade County at the finance department. The issue of discrimination is outlined in this case relating to the aspects of gender and racial bias. The failure to promote Ms. Mendoza led to the issues of gender bias and racial discriminations at the Job place of the Dade County. Ms. Mendoza filed against Dade County claiming that she was not promoted on the basis that she is a woman and a member of the Continue reading...

Managerial decision making is one of the most challenging activities of corporate America. As the business world becomes more competitive due to the establishment of a level platform with the advancement in technology and communication, managers are consistently under pressure to make sound decisions for the survival of their enterprises. With this regard, various strategies have been developed to aid managers in the decision making process. This paper will aim at revealing the various sound strategies and how to use them as a manager and deliver stellar performance (Bridge & Dodds, 1975). The strategies involve the use of various decision Continue reading...

Human rights have been a fundamental aspect in the globe that has attracted fierce debates. Organizations have been created that seek to uphold and protect human rights on a global scale. Such an organization is the Amnesty International that has the longest history in the field of human rights, in the world (James Ronand, Howard Ramos, and Kathleen Rodgers, 2005). The organization’s objective is to carry out research and come up with action plans to prevent and end grave human right abuses, and demand justice for those whose rights have been violated.
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Subsequent to the fact that cases where Journalist in United States have been reported to intentionally or sometimes intentionally report on issues perceived unfavourable to one group and favourable to the counterpart group (Meyers 55). My research will essentially focus on deducing facts and the nature of liberalism in US journalism, based on this, the topic of my research will be: liberalism in US Journalism.

Research Question

The research yet to be initiated will fundamentally work to answer whether liberalism exists in the US journalism or not.
Background
Over the past, a couple of journalists have been reported to lean more Continue reading...

The two dangerous assumptions that are held in the research in gender different include the following. The assumption that, if we find a sex differences in some ability or kind of behavior, that means that all males do a particular thing and all females do some quite different thing ( for example, all men are aggressive, and all females are passive and peace-loving). Test scores of males and females overlap and thus, finding a sex difference does not mean that all women are one way and all men are one way. Therefore, knowing ones sex cannot possibly be used to Continue reading...

- My cultural identity is being a Punjabi and the two cultural backgrounds that make up my identity are being a Pakistani and a Muslim. ---Pakistani is my national identity while being Muslim is my religious identity. Punjabi narrows down to provincial identity that is majorly my cultural identity.
- The activities of my life have a lot of cultural reflections. My communication styles, fun activities and family life all display the hints of the culture of Punjab. We often communicate in Punjabi language while liking the activities that are more daring and loud. While being a Muslim, I Continue reading...

Introduction

There is nothing called objective viewpoint. Media which plays a big role in giving information on the world often is accused of showing bias towards a particular ideology or a particular social group or a particular party. Though a journalist tries to be objective in his viewpoint by following two methods, 1) showing fairness to those associated with the news and 2) a professional approach to gathering information that seeks completeness, accuracy and fairness, he often fails to reach the ethical heights just like anyone involved in the profession of politics (The Rhetorica Network). Since reporting of news is Continue reading...

Escalation refers to the cycle of provocation or increased conflict levels in an organization or business venture. Escalation occurs when investment of resources such as money, effort or time is done to declining course of action whose outcome is unpredictable. It also occurs when a successful project abruptly becomes unattainable leaving many questions unanswered (Roberto, 2009).

Perceptual Biases

Perpetual biases refer to bias that people make with the confirmation of decisions with exclusive data like a falling prey. Decision making process should be analyzed to detail to get quality decisions. Leaders in an organization should hence involve employees to give their Continue reading...

Investigational Techniques

Sociologists use many distinct methods to investigate society as well as social behavior. A number of sociological studies include ethnography designed to show the traits of a group of people as completely as feasible. The author describes case study and survey research as research methods used in sociological studies.
In the opinion of Neuman (2009), for a case study investigation, the researcher studies a small group of people or an individual having unusual situation or condition. Case studies are normally clinical in their scope. The researcher sometimes employs self-report measures in acquiring quantifiable data concerning a subject.

Survey Research

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Science is a mathematical and results based discipline. Methodical and analytical, the expectation is that science ought to be free of bias and undue influences, unlike other disciplines. However, like any other discipline conducted by humans various factors somehow manage to influence Science. The influencing factors include racial bias and politics that provide the primary focus and subject of this paper. Racial bias is simply the attitudes, especially the negative attitudes that people may have regarding a certain race. Politics, on the other hand, in this paper applies to its broad interpretation of the practice of influencing people whether Continue reading...

No man is an island. Although it may sound cliche in the modern society that people live in today, this quote bears a big importance in the formation of groups and society. Every individual is unique. Some come from different walks of life, while others are defined by their beliefs and values. There is also the difference brought about by the geographical location where everyone is born, as well as the various ways that individual is raised by their own families. Despite the differences, people became tied together and formed groups because of language. People of the past communicated Continue reading...

Hate Crimes: Definitions and Introduction

A “hate crime” are “criminal actions intended to harm or intimidate people because of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion or other minority group status,” as listed in the works of Herek (1989) and Levin and McDevitt (1993). In the 1990s, the issue of hate crimes, or “bias crimes,” has generated rising attention from activists, policy makers, and social analysts. Much of the amplified concern has displayed an inference in that all criminal activities have adverse impacts for the victim, bias crimes must be considered as a unique case owing to their heightened effects on the victim of the Continue reading...

Abstract

This paper provides a critical reflection about Counselling and Diversity. The course focused on understanding multicultural counselling strategies. The topics included in the following reflection include personal bias identification and management, intercultural understanding in the context of providing service to diverse clients, how to understand a client’s unique world view, and the importance of counsellor self-care with a focus on wellness.
As a counsellor reaching out to a diverse community of clients I will need a diverse toolkit to prepare myself for the experiences. Inside my multicultural toolkit are tools to keep my bias in check, tools for Continue reading...

In “Are College Educated Police Safer?”, Kelli Goff uses a study by Joshua Correl, a University of Chicago psychology professor to examine the issue of alleged police bias against racial minorities:

Perhaps most surprisingly, the most recent studies have found that

racial bias does not influence whom officers shoot—at least not in
the way many of us assumed. The studiesfound that those in the
general public are substantially more likely to simulate shooting if
the unarmed suspect is black, when the game was tried by members
of law enforcement they were less likely to commit similar race based
errors. (Goff, 2014).
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Introduction

Articles, research reports and blogs have been written on the basis of analyzing the things in an effective manner, and they will used to furnish the things in front of the people particularly. Articles and research reports usually have certain aspects that are essential to give the education to the readers in a perfect and organized manner. The level of biasness has been increasing in different fields, and it is very much in the Human Resources Management (HRM) as well. Apart from the hiring and firing, some of the major works associated with the Human Resources Department is to Continue reading...

Sexual minorities are those people who do not share sexual preferences like other people. In this text I will look at how to interact with the minorities and how it will be affected by my religion, Christianity. Various opportunities and challenges will be present when dealing with such clients.
In Christianity many of these practices by the minorities are often forbidden. This therefore may pose a challenge when working with such clients. However, as a professional one has to be free from bias and serve all people equally (Calhoun, 2010).
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Prejudice is a cultural attitude of an individual and rests primarily on negative stereotype about others, on the basis of religion, ethnicity, race or culture. It comes from two Latin words, “pre”, (meaning ‘in advance’) and “judicum” (meaning judgment). Thus, it means, a judgment which one holds prior to experiencing the reality.

What forms of prejudice are wrong and why?

Answer:
Prejudice as a cultural attitude rests on some negative stereotypes. Prejudices are of various forms like cultural, racial, religious, etc. Even within a race of culture, there are further prejudices in the form sex, language, gender, or social class, and even physical disabilities, etc. Prejudices are Continue reading...

Prejudice and discrimination have been common all through humankind’s history. Prejudice needs to do with the unbendable and unreasonable mentality and assumptions held by parts of one gathering about an alternate, while discrimination alludes to practices steered against an alternate gathering. Being prejudiced normally means having preconceived convictions about gatherings of individuals or social practices. Prejudice can either be certain or negative—both structures are typically preconceived and hard to adjust. The negative type of prejudice can prompt discrimination, despite the fact that it is conceivable to be prejudiced and not follow up on the demeanor. The fact Continue reading...

The movie, “How to Train Your Dragon” is a 3D animated movie that was released in the year 2010. Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois directed this movie was one of the biggest successes on the American box office. Dream Work’s produced this action fantasy was admired by children and adult audiences across the world. The movie succeeded in winning support of the audiences, as well as, critics. This paper intends to discuss the movie, “How to Train Your Dragon” along with discussing how concepts of tolerance, intolerance and prejudice are related to this movie.
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Quantitative Research

This paper will identify the quantitative research design employed as well as threats to validity in a study by Weng et al. (2012). The study is entitled “Is there any relationship between dietary patterns and depression and anxiety in Chinese adolescents?” It sought to determine the link between major dietary patterns and the risk for symptoms of anxiety and depression among adolescents.
The study employed a correlational research design. Correlational research designs are quantitative research designs where the researcher has no control over variables. In addition, participants are not assigned randomly to treatment conditions. These designs are used to Continue reading...

Introduction

A lot of countries are currently undergoing urban growth in the world today. The growth is either rapid or slow. In most developed countries like France, both urban growth and urban bias is evident. The same is also evident in developing countries such as Morocco, Nigeria, and Tanzania, etc.

Rapid Urban Growth and Urban Bias in Developed Countries

Both the rural and urban populations were increasing in France until mid-19th century when only urban population growth proceeded. The four regions that have the most populations are the Paris region, Rhône-Alpes, Nord–Pas-de-Calais and Provence–Alpes–Côte d’Azur. They have more than two-fifths of the Frenched Continue reading...

Post-9/11 prejudice and discrimination

The human race has always faced the challenges of extremism and discrimination that have threatened the equality and fraternity among the people across the globe. The history of the world has witnessed many harrowing incidents that have scarred the civilizations with bloodshed and acts of violence. Human race has become the greatest enemy of itself. While previously there were holy crusades and holocaust- all based on religious boundaries and biases, the modern world is also inflicted by the “opium of the masses”- religion. In the modern times, the world has seen a constant friction between the Western world Continue reading...

Macro-level oppression is the unjust treatment of the society towards groups of people. People within a social identity group are systematically mistreated through the support and enforcement from the society and its institutions. This level of oppression is profoundly based on the membership of a particular person in a given social identity group. Macro level oppression occurrence stems from the establishment of laws, customs and practices that systematically reflect and produce inequities whose basis is an individual’s membership to a targeted social identity group. When consequences of oppression are accrued to outlaid institutional laws, the institution is deemed Continue reading...

Article Summary II

G. Tendayu Viki, Kristina Massey, and Barbara Masser
Focus of the article
The article by Viki, Massey, & Masser, (2005) showcases how paternalistic attitudes towards female offenders may influence people’s perception of the crime. The authors prove that benevolent sexism turns hostile, when the female offenders commit crimes that defy the gender stereotypes. This paper uses the example of Myra Hindley, a criminal, who along with her accomplice murdered children, made videos of the murders, and disposed the dead bodies. The crime committed by Ms. Hindley defied the gender stereotype (women as caregivers and mothers) and quite expectedly the Continue reading...

How would you characterize the current decision-making process?

The decision-making process is ineffective and irrational. The poor decision-making process is the cause of the dilemma at the organization. The meetings held by departmental managers are contentious because they are full of anger and blame. The managers fail to agree concerning the right decision to implement. Man team members lack an opportunity to express their views thus they are forced to accept decisions imposed by the officials. Emma makes a go/no-go decision, and this thwarts the decision-making process at the organization. The communication process between the top executives is inadequate. There is a lack of real leadership during Continue reading...

Birds' surveys are used to give reliable approximate or index of the size of the population of a definite species due to various reasons within a given area (Gitzen 2012). Birds' surveys are often conducted to assess habitats for suitability to support breeding and at times wintering birds species and record incidental bird citing during visits. Special emphasis is often placed on the suitability of the site for given species and due to conservation concerns. After an initial assessment, further surveys may be required for obtaining detailed account of birds species of birds and communities in key habitats areas. Continue reading...

Few would argue that Race in America has been one of the biggest social issues since the founding of our country. Race defines politics, socio-economic status, educational and employment opportunities. George Henderson writes in his essay “Race in America” writes, “At some time in their history, all ethnic groups in the United States have been the underclass.” He qualifies this by saying that “Also, at different times, all ethnic groups have been both the oppressed and the oppressors.” (Henderson, 1). That is to say, America is a country where race issues and discrimination about race has always been present. Continue reading...

The media is everywhere today. It is the primary news source, as well as the primary way we are shown the new and latest items on the market. It is easy to accept the information we are given at first glance without doing any outside research. However, this approach can be harmful because the media is sometimes biased. Political unrest all over the world is often reported in a biased manner at the news station’s discretion. Other news reports are often altered or tailored based on the station’s sponsors. Meanwhile many advertisements run in between these new Continue reading...