Social Biases Of Homeless People

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Social Biases

There are many implicit biases that I hold, but one that stands the most is that sometimes when I see a homeless person, in my mind, I start judging him/ her by his appearance, or when see a homeless person near me, I start to distrust him/her. Furthermore, I think this kind of biases come from what society and people around us have taught us, about who we should accept more and which to reject. In addition, medias such as movies, TV and music in some way have also enforce these kinds of biases, because children from a young age start learning and taking these biases in an effort to distinguish themselves from the rest, and fit in into a specific group of people.
To continue, when I judge a homeless person I don't judge