I start expressing my thoughts, then check again
Are these thoughts truly mine or do they represent ideas ingrained
Deep within by the society I grew up in
With all its biases that I no longer believe in
When I examine issues in greater depth I can see
That I have no reason to trust stereotypes perpetrated by society
But if I do not make an effort to question my views
Consciously or subconsciously I remain biased too
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It’s easy to accept what you’ve heard throughout
If you don’t think about it, you have no reason to doubt
Things that on the surface appear to be true
Thus centuries of biases get passed down to you..
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To eliminate biases from my thoughts I need
To make conscious and sustained efforts indeed
To gather objective information, examine it and come to
My less biased conclusions- this is what I resolve to do
Passion...unbridled 