cutting on the bias

We talk a lot about biases in general, and about their impact in certain law classes. For instance, in Criminal Procedure, a constitutional law class about the 4th, 5th, 6th and 14th amendments, we discuss things like profiling, and its impact on how suspects are treated.

What is interesting is the general bias against certain classes of people, at least by my fellow classmates. For instance, in Crim Pro, much of the class is anti-police. To some degree, the subject invites that, as the idea behind these constitutional provisions is to protect against excessive use of police powers. However, that does not make all police bad, and all police tactics unconstitutional. In my bankruptcy class, the textbook is very clearly slanted pro-debtor and anti-big bad creditor.

I of course have my own biases, which color what I read and hear as well. Seems like it's pretty difficult to get more than the occasional, rare individual to be willing to listen and take on board new information with an open mind. I do not think I am that person. As a result of our inability, we all wear poorly fitting clothes of righteousness-in some way, they do not fit correctly, because we are all wrong some of the time.