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Thoughtful Thursday: Bias and the Music Therapist

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Over the past two weeks, I have been pretty sick which always leads me into strange thinking based on what I am consuming via television and all that. I have been watching true crime shows lots lately, but I have also consumed American Born Chinese  and Ms. Marvel  over and over again because I know the stories. I don't need any sort of thought process to watch these shows, but they also led me into thinking about bias. Stick with me here. Bias is something that pervades all situations. We all use our biases to structure our living and experiences. Every learning situation I have ever been in has had bias as part of the structure. Also, every work situation, every leisure opportunity, every single thing. While I was watching Ms. Marvel , I was exposed to the partition of India into India and Pakistan. I am sure that we spent about a class period on this time during World History, but the television show really shows the devastation that people felt in that era and illustrates ...