Refugee Crisis In America
Before I start my responses I would like to point out that I was unaware of implicit bias (I was aware it existed, but didn’t know it had an official name), but I fully feel that it is more common than we could imagine. This isn’t one of the topics of conversation as outline below but I will use a current event as an example. The refugee crisis in Europe, many people say that they have nothing against these displaced peoples, but how many people would actually be willing to allow hundreds, thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of refugees into America and into their daily lives? In theory, there are plenty of people willing to help but the perception that refugees are bad, or involved with terror, or however the media is presenting the facts makes me question if this isn’t another example of implicit bias we are experiencing and aren’t even aware..
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Certain neighborhoods are ridden with crime, and openly have no respect for the police. (I’m not saying this isn’t justified, both sides have reasons to fear the other as we’ve seen in the multiple instances of police tragically killing innocent men, and police also being targeted simply because they are police.) I feel that if I were in a lower-income neighborhood where crime was everywhere, and the legitimate threat of my harm was present than I too would be more cautious. Again, this may be an example of not being aware (implicit bias) but I see both sides. Both sides are acting more out of fear than anything else. The police fear for their lives, and thus “up” their patrols and respond with more force, only to be met in turn by a neighborhood that doesn’t want to look like a warzone of cops. But overall, I think the reason behind being more cautious is more important. Being cautious because of your own safety is acceptable, but being cautious out of a specific fear of a certain class, or group of people is
Certain neighborhoods are ridden with crime, and openly have no respect for the police. (I’m not saying this isn’t justified, both sides have reasons to fear the other as we’ve seen in the multiple instances of police tragically killing innocent men, and police also being targeted simply because they are police.) I feel that if I were in a lower-income neighborhood where crime was everywhere, and the legitimate threat of my harm was present than I too would be more cautious. Again, this may be an example of not being aware (implicit bias) but I see both sides. Both sides are acting more out of fear than anything else. The police fear for their lives, and thus “up” their patrols and respond with more force, only to be met in turn by a neighborhood that doesn’t want to look like a warzone of cops. But overall, I think the reason behind being more cautious is more important. Being cautious because of your own safety is acceptable, but being cautious out of a specific fear of a certain class, or group of people is