Be a hardcore motherfucker.What can I do to address my own cultural bias? — Tiberiusmoon
Social bias is not a one way thing either, if say a white man was racist due to social bias towards a black man and that black man raised a child then that child grew up to accept social bias and that white people are racist then he would have the social bias that white people are racist without fact.
Which leads to denial on boths white and black ethinic's while being blind to the bias that causes it. — Tiberiusmoon
Eh kinda true as you can contract a persons way of thinking or expand it, its up to the individual's open or closed mindedness weather to accept how they think is enough.I believe that no one can dictate how people should think — Jack Cummins
please stop pulling words out of your ass! — Tiberiusmoon
I am simply explaining how to be aware of cultural bias — Tiberiusmoon
Could you point this out for me? I never mentioned such things or are you under the socially biased assumption that I was defending a race when no races were mentioned in my post? — Tiberiusmoon
1. Culture in a broader sense is every experience/tradition of a social group.
Not just to specify what is commonly known as culture within a identified social group.
Say the culture within a group of friends, or a culture with an army unit. — Tiberiusmoon
2. A bit of a misconception, a bias is more to sway judgement rather than to ultimately favor something, for example: you cant use emotional bias to state your feelings are strong but are also right/correct. — Tiberiusmoon
To the extent that I'm aware, "...to sway judgment..." and, by extension, to "...favor something..." we need a "good" reason and that, I feel, is to be found, illusory though it may be, in the belief (false/true) that a certain culture is correct/right in re our understanding of reality. — TheMadFool
What can I do to address my own cultural bias?
First of all identify what your culture is and how you were brought up.
Then seperate them into two groups of needs and not needed (wants) for your wellbeing/ survival.
Now question yourself as to why those things are put in those two groups from an unbiased perspective or reflection of self.
You may very well discover hidden biases that are some of your habits/judgements.
If you feel up to it you can share what you found, or if you think there is a flaw in this post let me know. — Tiberiusmoon
I seriously doubt this is often the case. It seems to me that more often, it's about "If you can't beat them, join them".Some people need to be told how to live their lives — Harry Hindu
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Why should a person address their cultural biases?? — baker
Why should such understanding be relevant?Firstly, it can give them more understanding about themselves and the culture they grew up with by explaining why it can influence their decisions and those who share their culture. — Tiberiusmoon
How would it do any of that?It can strengthen their self confidence, the bonds of others who share their culture like family and friends by understanding how it is different and removing some uncertainties a person may have about their own identity.
Okay, but this is a bit naive.If left unaware it can leave an individual open to manipulation by simply using their culture as a means to gain something, say if a politican said they are from that person's town or praising their town with a minor understanding of the town's culture with no real understanding of what policies the politican wishes to use or how it would affect the individual.
It's not clear how being aware of one's cultural biase accomplishes the above. Rather, being aware of one's cultural biases would make one more confident to judge others as weird.As humanity is mixing and exploring cultures, this awareness of cultural bias can give them insight as to why another culture would think their culture is weird, or by understanding another culture give a person insight as to why they think its wierd.
Cultures that weren't xenophobic enough have not survived.Critically this lessens the unknown factor about other cultures that may cause xenophobic attitudes or actions, especially if influenced by media or other sources in a negative light.
It's not clear how the analogy applies.Thinking about it, you could explain it in this analogy:
What is the difference between being angry and being aware that your angry?
Then consider which can blindly cause harm or poor choices.
Why should such understanding be relevant?
If anything, internalizing and mastering a cultural bias is advantageous for a person, as it helps them to function better in their culture. — baker
How would it do any of that?
How does being aware of one's own cultural biases strengthen one's self confidence?? If anything, such awareness would undermine it. — baker
Okay, but this is a bit naive. — baker
It's not clear how being aware of one's cultural biase accomplishes the above. Rather, being aware of one's cultural biases would make one more confident to judge others as weird. — baker
Cultures that weren't xenophobic enough have not survived. — baker
It's not clear how the analogy applies. — baker
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