Bias Buster

Identify a topic about which you feel strongly biased. Consider arguments that could challenge this bias and elaborate on them.

Recognizing and challenging your own biases can be a powerful exercise in understanding opinion writing. This prompt asks you to do just that. Articulate your deep seated views first, and then start dismantling them, making a case against your own mentality. It will bring you face to face with the multiplicity of valid perspectives and the factors that shape them.