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ENTRY 3

Identifying Bias

ITEM 1:

-      Assumption -      Scene in the movie: Michael Oher is not Leigh Anne’s son. She just offered Oher a place to sleep when she was aware of his intention of sleeping outside. Slowly, Michael becomes a member of the Tuohy family, even as Leigh Anne's rich friends wonder what she is doing. One even suggests that her teenage daughter Collins not safe around him, much to Leigh Anne's disgust. -      Analysis: Leigh Anne’s friends discriminated Michael Oher for his breeding. They assume that he is just like other black street kids who have been receiving little education and care; therefore, they come to a conclusion that he will only do harm to Ms. Leigh’s daughter. They just know that he used to be a street kid, but they simply don’t care about other facts. ITEM 2: Pol Pot Khmer Rouge – the terrified genocide of Cambodia During their three-year, eight-month, and 21-day rule of Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge committed some of the most heinous crimes in modern history: An estimated two million people (21% of Cambodia's population) lost their lives. Many of these victims were brutally executed; many more died of starvation, exhaustion, and disease. The population is suspiciously youthful (50% is under the age of 15). ð  Analysis: -      Discrimination. -      The facts of a true genocide in Cambodia exhibit Pol Pot’s extreme discrimination towards intellects. He aimed at launching an agricultural reform where peasants are the main labour force. Intellects should be of no help. Therefore, all intellects are forced to take up work in the agricultural field or else they will be killed. -    Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge ITEM 3: Statistics Buying Styles Among Racial/Ethnic Groups Differ Buying brands that support social causes are particularly important to Hispanics, Asians and African Americans adults. They are 57%, 30% and 44% more likely than the average adult, respectively, to say they expect the brands they buy to support social causes. Hispanics are the group most likely to “often seek the advice of others before making a purchase.” And, Blacks/African Americans place the greatest importance on brand name (+86%).                               Source: GfK MRI Survey of the American Consumer, Fall 2010 -      Stereotype -      Analysis: The statistics misrepresents the data as we cannot tell those 53% or 30% or 44% are collected from how many people’s ideas and the scale of the survey. They do not include the numbers of Hispanics or Asians that were interviewed to give the answers. Therefore, they do not have enough information to conclude whether Blacks/African Americans do place greatest importance on brand name or not.    - Source: http://www.gfkmri.com/ConsumerInsights/AttitudesMindsets.aspx