Quotes About Bias

I definitely grew up with a lot of venom and distaste for city people.

Investors are always biased to invest in things they themselves understand. So venture capitalists like Uber because they like driving in black town cars. They don't like Airbnb because they like staying in five-star hotels, not sleeping on people's couches.

The venture capital world is completely stacked against minority entrepreneurs.

You can verify that in news meetings I sometimes say, 'This is skewed too far to the left,' or 'The mix of stories seems overweeningly appealing to a reader with a certain set of sensibilities, and it shouldn't.'

Fake news and rumors thrive online because few verify what's real and always bias towards content that reinforces their own biases.

I know that a man's version of a tough woman is very different from a woman's version.

Because she had formed an image of me as a ravening monster?

You're so bossy." "Why is a woman always described as bossy, when if a man did the same thing he'd be thought of as decisive, commanding and displaying qualities of leadership?

strange how women in positions of authority so often acquire the sobriquet bossy, while a man holding the same rank is somehow invested with qualities of leadership

When a woman shows some leadership,' said Maisie, 'she's immediately branded as bossy, but when a man does exactly the same thing, he's described as decisive, and a born leader.

Bossy was the adjective most often trotted out by the lads whenever Sue's name came up in conversation (strange how women in positions of authority so often acquire the sobriquet bossy, while a man holding the same rank is somehow invested with qualities of leadership).

prejudice was often taught at the breakfast table.

Why is a woman always described as bossy, when if a man did the same thing he'd be thought of as decisive, commanding, and displaying qualities of leadership?

Researchers have discovered that stereotype threat, that is, the mere presence of a preferred group (white or male) diminishes the performance of an under preferred group.

If a white child appeared dull, he and he alone was thought to suffer from a lack of intelligence or a deficient education, but if a colored boy appeared dull, the entire race was deemed unintelligent.

What I wanted to say is that abuse has no bias. It's not gender specific; it's just never okay.

No big corporation would promote a hunchback.

I wring my hands because I know that as a dude, my privilege, my long-term deficiencies work against me in writing women, no matter how hard I try and how talented I am.

I think people have certain preconceived notions of certain people that they've never met. And so, that's sort of what I try to work from.

A man at his desk in a room with a closed door is a man at work. A woman at a desk in any room is available.

We almost need to cultivate - I hate to sound New Age-y - but to cultivate a positive bias, and really work to focus on those things and notice those things that are wonderful and uplifting.

Computer science departments have always considered 'user interface' research to be sissy work.

If an employer had to pay a man one dollar for the same work a woman could do for 59 cents, why would anyone hire a man?

People judged my work without to have listened to it.