Law Practice,
Appellate Practice
May 2, 2022
I’m just asking or the fear of offense
Sensitivity to the legitimate feelings and sensibilities of others is a necessity and a moral obligation as we become aware of inequities and biases we ignored or overlooked in the past.
Arthur Gilbert
Justice (ret.)
UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963
Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.
In my March column “Biased About Being Biased,” we (“we” because, in some mystical way, I consider my readers co-authors) tried to negotiate a path through the forbidding terrain of implicit bias. To refresh our memories, I include my last paragraph: “So, while my colleagues and I strongly support education and awareness to heighten our sensitivity to implicit bias, I cannot help but pose the question of whether we may take that concern too far? Can we carry our conce...
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