I know the phrase above sounds good. I mean especially in the United States, shouldn’t we all enjoy the same freedoms and rights? It’s one of our national ideals. And yet there are many, many groups (look at the color wheel in the image above and imagine what it represents) declaring that they suffer from a lack of rights.
Important Note: I’m not denying in any way the fact that some groups are regularly discriminated against and have certain of their rights denied. On the other hand, there’s more than one way to view the issue. I’m just holding up a different lens. Have a look.
I know this is supposed to be a religious blog, but bear with me.
So who isn’t getting their fair share of the pie?
According to the blog of Mark B. Baer, Inc (yes, a lawyer), lots of people.
I should say the article isn’t well maintained. It was published on November 7, 2021 but already some of the links used as resources are broken, including to one of Baer’s major sources Timothy D. Wilson and Nancy Brekke (if you clicked on it, I said it was broken) who supposedly “proved” bias could be avoided or eliminated.
Wait? Eliminated? I didn’t know human beings could be completely, dispassionately unbiased and objective.
The problem is the definition that Baer uses for bias. His source, which is also a broken link, defines bias as:
Morning Meditations 