Essential Question: Why do people interpret information differently?

Bias – Being in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way that is unfair to the other person or group.

To influence in a particular, typically unfair direction; prejudice.

We ALL have bias, even when we’re not thinking about it!

Quotation:

“Sigsbee Charter School … that’s the hottest school in town!”

~ Judy Blume

Is “bias” the truth?

Sometimes “bias” is intentional. How do advertisements show bias?

Bias in Quotations• Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by

his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts. ~ Mahatma Gandhi• A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military

defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

• The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. ~ Albert Einstein

• Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. ~ Abraham Lincoln

• The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they must be felt with the heart. ~ Helen Keller

• The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy. ~ Lance Armstrong• I think when you spread the wealth around it’s good for everybody. ~

President Obama• It is not the truth that matters, but victory. ~ Adolf Hitler

Lyrical BiasLOCHLOOSA

(MOFRO)

Homesick but it's alrightLochloosa is on my mind

She's on my mind

I swear it's ten thousand degrees in the shadeLord have mercy knows - how much I love it

Every mosquito every rattlesnakeEvery cane break – everything

Every alligator every blackwater swampEvery freshwater spring – everything

All we need is one more damn developerTearing her heart out

All we need is one more Mickey MouseAnother golf course another country club

Another gated community

Lord I need herLord I need her

And she's slipping away

If my grandfather could see her nowHe'd lay down and die

Cause every minute every second every hourEvery day - Lord she's slipping away

Homesick but it's alrightLochloosa is on my mind

She's on my mind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EALPEYBt3E

Does our culture influence our bias?1. The customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious,

or social group2. The set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices of a group or

organization

Can our cultural backgrounds or preferences affect the way we interpret information?

Video: Madison Rising

The Star Spangled Bannerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8C7i9kdEf8

Religion and Culture

Regional Culture

“Pop”ular Culture

Christmas Culture?? (Test me!)

Ethnicity and RaceEthnicity is based on the following categorization:

Hispanic or Latino: A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. The term "Spanish origin" can be used in addition to "Hispanic or Latino."

Race is based on the following five categorizations: • American Indian or Alaska Native: A person having origins in any of the original

peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.

• Asian: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.

• Black or African American: A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Terms such as "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or African American."

• Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.

• White: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.

Point of View

point of view

n pl points of view

1. a position from which someone or something is observed

2. a mental viewpoint or attitude

3. the mental position from which a story is observed or narrated

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