I like the words I bolded for you.

Bias is an unfair dislike of or preference for something or someone. In a letter to the editor on Feb. 25, the author asserts there is “implicit (implied) bias” by “privileged” white people that translates, among other things, into “unfair treatment of people of color in government” that must be remedied by hiring experts to train employees of Frederick city government and other organizations to “open (their) eyes to our own unconscious, unfair, and discriminatory behaviors.”

The writer expresses the theory propagated by those invested in grievance politics that the white race is not only biased against other races, but also has some special privilege or advantage granted to them by virtue of their race that allows them to finish “first” in practically everything to the detriment of people of color.

Activist academics have managed in recent years to give racism new life by laundering wrongheaded terms like “white privilege” and “implicit bias” into mainstream terminology, where they are used by identity politicians and advocates to acquire power by convincing minorities they are still victims of whites ignorant of their racist tendencies.

Don’t mistake these words for words of wisdom or knowledge. There is no solid evidence that white privilege or implicit bias exists or that they are systemic in society. But the writer and other believers should take heart. The city of Frederick has hired an industry-leading grievance firm that are the experts in the business of finding discrimination to come up with the necessary facts that will prove “implicit bias” so they can then begin to explain to all the white folks that they are unconsciously discriminating against people of color and other minorities.

Clifford Bridgford

Frederick