You know what is a funny phenomenon? Bias in how we perceive prejudice and evil. Most everybody is willing to admit there is evil out there, but we tend to place it elsewhere.
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For instance, it is pretty easy to find someone to express the opinion that America's public schools are dismal failures (except my school).
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A while back I read a blog by an author from Boston talking about hatred and prejudice in Mississippi and I commented and pointed out that there are hateful, evil people everywhere. As an example, I pointed to a news artcle about a recent hate crime in Boston. This blogger insisted that this was just an isolated case of individual crazy people - not systematic, institutionalized prejudice like in Mississippi.
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A couple of years ago a study was published in which a large group of cardiologists were asked if they thought there were ethnic or gender disparities in patient care. Not surprisingly, more African American and female physicians admitted that there was bias in the health care system - but guess what... They almost all said it happened somewhere else - "not in my practice."
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Well, guess what? Evil is everywhere - and it is not just the other guy's problem!
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