One memory of a bias incident I witnessed was on the
internet. There was a picture of a toddler who was crawling in the grass with a
brown monkey, which was supposed to signify an African American child.
This bias incident is
very disturbing, because it is clearly racism when a human being is classified
as a monkey or ape. This picture makes me sad, angry and upset to know that someone
thinks the child and that monkey are the same. Not only does this picture shows
bias, stereotype and is offensive to African American people, but it also diminish
equity; because there is no similar in the features (skin, skin tone, facial
appearance or skin texture) at all between the two in this picture. I believe
if society move from stereotypical comments, saying and pictures like these;
then all children can truly be the same as well as treated the same.
References:
http://newsone.com/2187515/facebook-black-baby-as-monkey/
LaTonya,
ReplyDeleteAs wonderful as the Internet can be in connecting people and ideas, it is also a place in which biases and prejudices flourish without any accountability for postings such as the example you have given. After an incident that I encountered this week with a family member and her inappropriate post on Facebook, I am taking my daughter’s lead and deleting any and all friends/family that choose to post these kind of statements.
Sandra