racial bias
collocation in Englishmeaningsofracialandbias
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racial
adjective
uk/ˈreɪ.ʃəl/us/ˈreɪ.ʃəl/
based on someone's perceived race, especially in a way that is unfair or harmful; or based on policies, behaviours, rules, etc. that result in unfair or harmful treatment of people because of their ...
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bias
noun
uk/ˈbaɪ.əs/us/ˈbaɪ.əs/
the action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence ...
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(Definition ofracialandbiasfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofracial bias
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These effects might have been less than they could have been given aracialbiasin dishonorable discharges and blue discharges.
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Yet he quickly realised that hisracialbiaswould weigh on his legacy.
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It is simply a nationality policy that is completely free fromracialbias, and the immigration policy that flows from that.
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Statistics will be published, and they will be monitored carefully to address any potential problems ofracialbiasin the use of that power.
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All have been investigated, and the origin of the complaints shows noracialbias.
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They need to know how and why those deaths happened—racialbias, poor training or both?
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I believe that those statistics do not demonstrateracialbiasin the system of administration of justice.
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One was that advertisements which seem to showracialbiasare peculiarly offensive.
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I utter no qualification except for one: that it must be effected with justice and without the suspicion ofracialbias.
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There are many textbooks which have an unintentionalracialbias.
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It is not onlyracialbiaswithin the police service that is a concern.
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There is a perfectly logical and factual explanation for that, and it has nothing to do withracialbias.
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Racialbiasin the tests used has been analysed, and focus groups and other research have been used to try to make the selection systems fairer.
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The publication therefore cited figures for just four areas where the level of missing data was lower than even that, which showed no clear evidence ofracialbiasin sentencing.
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I want to press him on the existence or otherwise ofracialbiasin the passionate belief that unless we recognise and acknowledge its existence we shall never overcome it.
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The panel found thatracialbiasdid play a role in the selection process.
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All were held overnight in jail, which elicited further claims ofracialbias.
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