Prejudice And Bias Are Natural Aspects Of Human Nature, Says Osinbanjo

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The Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, has said that prejudice and bias are natural aspects of human nature.

Osinbajo revealed this in a post shared on his Twitter page on Wednesday from a maiden edition of the policy-making and good governance lecture series of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, titled "Creating A Homeland For All: Nation-Building In A Diverse Democracy," April 17, 2023.

The VP went on to say that everyone has prejudices and preferences that are reinforced by stories and narratives.

He said, "Sometimes, we repeat stories so many times that they are soon accepted as facts. When we accept these stories as facts, we shape our judgment of others and entrench bias and prejudice.

"However, when ethnic or religious prejudices are weaponised for political purposes, we are confronted with a lethal potentially destructive situation.

"In 1989, I was about to get married and I was searching for a good house to rent. I met my landlord, an elderly lawyer who obviously did more real estate than legal practice.

"He let me know that there were 3 categories of people he would not rent the property in his care to Ijebus, Igbos and Lawyers. I was disqualified on two accounts. He then said to me, pointing behind him in a few shrivelled-up books on a small bookshelf, that he had the arsenal to destroy any tenant in court if I gave him any trouble.

"He later, to his embarrassment, discovered that I was a Law teacher and adviser to the then Attorney General of the Federation and that of course, I am also Ijebu. I share this to illustrate the point that prejudice and bias are natural aspects of human nature. Everyone has prejudices and preferences that are reinforced by stories and narratives."

Credit: Twitter | ProfOsinbajo

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