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Re:John Oliver on the ugly state of credit reporting and bac... by r00fus on Monday April 11, 2016 @04:08PM (#11474689)
To generalize: it's similarity/ingroup bias - as a human you are biased to be more sympathetic to people like yourself.

It takes a lot of empathy (something that is actively selected against in our corporation dominated workforce) to bypass that.

Add into that the gravity of money (ie, rich get richer) and political corruption (money buys power) and you have a basic framework for classism.

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Re:John Oliver on the ugly state of credit reporting and bac... by Kinnard on Monday April 11, 2016 @10:32PM (#11476819)
Are there some people who exhibit the trait of being biased toward people who are not like them?
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