Took the Implicit Association Test. Results: Moderate automatic preference for White people compared to Black people. Depending on the magnitude of your result, your automatic preference may be described as slight, moderate, strong, or little to no preference. Ha. I didnt even get slight. And I was born and raised in a city that is a strange outlier in the US for having very low bias scores in the midst of a high percentage of African American residents. Usually there is higher implicit bias in those areas where there are a higher percentage of African Americans*. *washingtonpost/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/19/the-troubling-reason-why-whites-in-some-states-may-show-more-hidden-racial-bias/?tid=sm_fb This may be why the hidden racial bias** behind an itchy trigger finger leads to an African American being 3X*** more likely to get killed by a police officer during a confrontation than a white person. **m.motherjones/politics/2014/11/science-of-racism-prejudice ***politifact/punditfact/statements/2014/aug/21/michael-medved/talk-show-host-police-kill-more-whites-blacks/ Find out what your subconcious is whispering in your ear: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/uk/selectatest.jsp
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 23:12:10 +0000
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