Bias Less

Most people know that we’re all biased in some way or another. You might be biased towards your favorite sports team and against their biggest rivals. If we’re being truly honest with ourselves, this bias may apply to any group we identify with: we could be biased in favor of our family and against their loud neighbors.

However, most of us don’t realize that biases often find their way into our speech— even when we don’t personally hold that particular bias (and especially when we do). Not noticing these biases can lead to serious problems in communication— we could hurt, offend and alienate the people we are speaking with because, without realizing it, we’ve said something insensitive.