Unconscious Bias

What a cop out, for one 
who always sleeps on their right side
To admit to ignoring the context,
the background and milieu, 
which colors your decisions and choices,
and side you lean towards.

There is nothing implicit in bias ingrained, 
and the norms and context, 
in which you were born, learned and grew up,
that allow you to claim you're
asleep at the wheel, dozing lazily in blissful ignorance.
How can that possibly excuse you 
from not learning about the other side,
not discovering how others may see, feel and think,
given their different background and pathway through life.
To claim you're unconscious when you decide, and bleat forth 
is a conflict of interest, 
with implicit, explicit, disinterest on show,
for all to see.
It's a cop out, 
an excuse to be biased
irresponsibly.
Wake Up!

characterconflictdiscriminationfeelingsfree verse

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