What Is the Difference between Facts and Opinions?

In 1921, when she was 29 years old, Bessie Coleman became the world’s first black female pilot. “The air,” said Bessie, “is the only place free from prejudices.”

On the ground, in the early 1920s, high-ranking American military officials, working at the country’s War College, were assessing how African-Americans had performed in World War One. Their opinion-filled report, issued in 1925, would setback African-American progress, in the U.S. military, for decades.

Is it possible to distort facts?  How does that happen?  Do people believe distorted facts?

Is it possible to use distorted facts to reach a prejudicial opinion? How would that work?

What is your reaction to the quoted sections of the 1925 government report?  Do you think a report like that would be formally issued today? Why, or why not?

Even if an official report would read much differently today, do you think people still harbor internal prejudices?  If so, how are those prejudices revealed? How can internal prejudices be eliminated?