Unconscious bias

Politicians fail to recognise the capabilities of people from traditionally oppressed groups.

Are you biased towards members of any caste, gender, ethnic, regional, racial or religious group? Ask this simple, yet sometimes uncomfortable, question to anyone, and the most likely answer you will get is in the negative. When I posted the same query on Facebook, X and TikTok, nearly all respondents flatly denied discriminating against anybody. Many may have lied, of course; but many others may not even be aware of their own conduct.