Let me begin by pointing out that everybody — every single one of us — is biased, myself included. Our gender, upbringing, ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic class, religion, skin color, education level and so much more shape who we are and how we see the world; we can’t help it.
In my case, I am a woman, mother, daughter, wife, student, millennial, and gun-toting (and NRA-card-carrying) Army veteran, but I am also a journalist, and I do my best to keep my complicated personal politics out of my reporting and the editorial decisions I make.