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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
being a little cognitively biased against black people isn't any less racist a statement. listen to the absurdity as you read it aloud:
I'm not racist, I'm just cognitively biased against blacks.
and the whole world now needs treatment because we use the words cognitive bias?
I didn't change the subject, you suggested that the bias is the problem, I'm making sure that bias doesn't change the fact that it's still predjudice and racism.
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That statement would be incorrect. Again:
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Originally Posted by Willravel, Who was trying to tread lightly
...while racism is a type of bias, it is not all biases.
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Racism is a type of bias, but there are many kinds of bias which are not racism. Sexism and ageism are two examples. One can be sexist without being racist.