Biases In College

Majors in college:
Out of all of my biases this I would say is my most explicit and the one I most consciously remember learning. It all started going into my freshman year of college just from hanging out with older students who would joke about majors outside of the stem field and how they weren’t as intelligence as us pre-meds, or pointing out that it seems like all of the business majors seem to party 6 days a week and taking easy classes. Although I have tried to move away from that bias it’s something I struggle with especially when I’m around my friends who are for the most part all in intensive science majors (biochemistry, material science engineering, and neuroscience) and are pre-med predominately. Just to clarify I do not explicitly
This started when I was old enough to notice politics, my parents would always be very negative when they explained to me the Republican Party so I carried that with me growing up. Coupled with that is then the homophobic, islamophobic, xenophobic hate speech that I’ve heard from so many republican candidates (i.e. Trump, Palin, Rubio etc.) although during my time in college I have come to learn that politics is a lot more grey than how my parents initially explained it to me. Additionally I try to pay more attention to politics on both side of the aisle and constantly remind myself that it’s a spectrum and the political beliefs of a person most times does not correlate with whether or not they are a good person. I think I struggle with this bias the most out of all of my biases because of how vocal the radicals in the party are and how in my eyes at least it seems that they have no regard for any other human being, what I forget though it that there are radicals on both side of the aisle and that I shouldn’t be quick to judge or assume that the loudest voices speaks for the entire
This bias just stems from being an abled-bodied person and not truly understanding how people with disabilities go through on a daily basis. The bias I have towards this group could be best described as pity essentially. It is strange because I do not look at people with disabilities and think “Wow, their life must sucks” but more of “ I could never imagine not being able to (insert action here)” I realize that that’s stupid of me to do because even though they may not be physically capable of doing the same thing I can do, it does not mean that their lives aren’t as just as meaningful and full as mine is, they just have adapted to go through life differently and in ways I would never be able to understand. I really want to work on this not only because I may have residents with disabilities but because as someone who is trying to become a doctor I feel that it is important that I don’t have this bias because I want to look at each patient equally and treat them all with respect and not coddle or be condescending towards certain