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Are you racially biased?

Click the one item that best describes your preference

  • I have a preference for whites over blacks

    Votes: 6 21.4%

  • I have no preference for whites or blacks

    Votes: 22 78.6%

  • I have a preference for blacks over whites

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    28
Ockham said:
Nah - you just don't want to post the result. It's fear, but that's fine. You're not alone.
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:shock: .I didnt even look at that link

and I am not the one who is a rightist con..
 
Medusa said:
:shock: .I didnt even look at that link

and I am not the one who is a rightist con..
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You didn't look at the link because you already know you'd be biased against African Americans? I accept your admission.
 
Well, apparently I prefer light-skinned people. I don't know how that test works, but I guess that such a bias, despite conscious effort to not be so, is something that you can't just reason away. I'd always consciously try not to show or to feel preference, but there are probably 53 years of accumulated bias to pull in the opposite direction. I suspect that the first 18 of those years were the key. I genuinely never had a conversation with a black person until the age of 17. There were no black people at my schools, in fact no one who wasn't white British - I tell a lie, there was a Norwegian guy - and hence I think I must have got all my racial awareness second-hand at best.

Interesting test. I guess I'll just have to keep up the conscious effort in order to minimise the unconscious/automatic preference bias that is clearly still lurking inside me.
 
Ockham said:
You didn't look at the link because you already know you'd be biased against African Americans? I accept your admission.
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ok you are right
 
Once again, I didn't check either of the choices because the question was unclear.

Does it mean a preference as a spouse, co-workers, room mates, supervisor etc etc?

The only instance in which I would prefer s/o of my own ethnicity would be as a wife; with all the others, it makes no difference
 
I showed a strong preference for European Americans over African Americans, which is NOT how I voted in the poll. All it showed me was that using my left hand only, with my index finger on the 'I' and my pinky finger of the 'e', that my ring finger is faster than my pinky finger. Even using two index fingers would likely show a faster side, that which is your "handedness".

I expected better from Harvard.
 
d0gbreath said:
I showed a strong preference for European Americans over African Americans, which is NOT how I voted in the poll. All it showed me was that using my left hand only, with my index finger on the 'I' and my pinky finger of the 'e', that my ring finger is faster than my pinky finger. Even using two index fingers would likely show a faster side, that which is your "handedness".

I expected better from Harvard.
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At least in my test they controlled for 'handedness.' And the first test I took was simply sorting - dark skin to dark skin, light to light, so your response times left and right under 'normal' conditions is determined and then compared to response times when you associate words with dark or light skinned people.

My test showed moderate preference for light skinned people, which is what I expected, although I do all I can to treat people equally. I suspect, but don't know, that the reason for that is comfort - I don't encounter dark skinned people on a regular basis in my town.
 
Ockham said:
It's my understanding that the reliability is quite good given it's been around for the past 20+ years. The reliability and accuracy tend to be spot on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implicit_Association_Test
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You dont think the results would be different if the test was ran is reverse? When you are used to doing something one way then they switch it to the other the mind is still in auto mode for the first version. For example pat your head with one hand and rub your belly with the other. No switch hands ooops you started rubbing or patting with the same as hand as before right?

That natural reaction makes the test invalid.
 
Yes, yes, I admit it...I'm white and I have a preference for whites. Heterosexual, White, Christians..specifically Catholics..

Is that wrong?

No.

It's my preference.

I wish all well, success, and prosperity.

But

As with all whether they are honest enough to admit it or not, my natural inclination is going to be leaning towards my own self identification.

Grew up as a minority, have friends that are minorities, know and respect homosexuals and non catholics/christians, but at the end of the day, I prefer my own.
 
ChezC3 said:
Yes, yes, I admit it...I'm white and I have a preference for whites. Heterosexual, White, Christians..specifically Catholics..

Is that wrong?

No.

It's my preference.

I wish all well, success, and prosperity.

But

As with all whether they are honest enough to admit it or not, my natural inclination is going to be leaning towards my own self identification.

Grew up as a minority, have friends that are minorities, know and respect homosexuals and non catholics/christians, but at the end of the day, I prefer my own.
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Your own?

Hey, what's it like there in 1952?
 
DA60 said:
Your own?

Hey, what's it like there in 1952?
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Oh my, here we go...:roll:

Yes, if you read what I wrote, you'd comprehend the context of that statement.
 
ChezC3 said:
Yes, yes, I admit it...I'm white and I have a preference for whites. Heterosexual, White, Christians..specifically Catholics..

Is that wrong?

No.

It's my preference.

I wish all well, success, and prosperity.

But

As with all whether they are honest enough to admit it or not, my natural inclination is going to be leaning towards my own self identification.

Grew up as a minority, have friends that are minorities, know and respect homosexuals and non catholics/christians, but at the end of the day, I prefer my own.
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This.

I don't have any real issue with people of different races, creeds, cultures, or belief systems. I actually have a rather diverse group of personal friends and acquaintances, in point of fact.

Where my "preference" is concerned, however, it does tend to go back to where I am most comfortable. I am most comfortable, simply speaking, with people who look, think, and act something like myself.

I don't see anything necessarily wrong with that. :shrug:
 
ChezC3 said:
Oh my, here we go...:roll:

Yes, if you read what I wrote, you'd comprehend the context of that statement.
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I read it...it sounds ancient.

First you admit you are prejudiced. Then you try to smooth it over and then you insinuate that everyone else is as well.

I got (apparently) news for you, I don't even begin to care how much melanin is in someone's skin. And it boggles my mind how anyone can judge someone by such a ridiculously superficial aspect.

There is only one race to me - the human race.

I judge people by two things - how they treat other people and what they are like when the going gets tough.
People that fail those two 'tests' I am not comfortable with. People that pass them (or at least try to) I AM comfortable with.
That is the beginning and the end of my criteria.
 
DA60 said:
I read it...it sounds ancient.

First you admit you are prejudiced. Then you try to smooth it over and then you insinuate that everyone else is as well.

I got (apparently) news for you, I don't even begin to care how much melanin is in someone's skin. And it boggles my mind how anyone can judge someone by such a ridiculously superficial aspect.

There is only one race to me - the human race.
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I don't try to smooth anything over. That's silly. I stated bluntly that I and everyone else have prejudices. To say you don't is either to deny that or deny yourself.

I don't know what to tell ya, introspection isn't for everyone...

:shrug:
 
Gathomas88 said:
Where my "preference" is concerned, however, it does tend to go back to where I am most comfortable. I am most comfortable, simply speaking, with people who look, think, and act something like myself.
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As is everyone else, despite their protestations...
 
I don't think I need to take the test.


I've always gotten along with working black folks; hell most jobs I've ever held my best "work buddy" was usually a black guy. Lots of black folks I've known have a "down to earth" quality about them that I appreciate, and many have a hilarious sense of humor.


I don't get on well with thugs, assholes or useless people of any race color or creed.


So yeah, I'm biased... against predators, assholes and mooches. :D





oh yeah... you can file "race baiters" and 'whitey owes me' types under "assholes" and "moochers" respectively. :mrgreen:
 
My abiding prejudice is against those who are rude. I guess this is covered under "assholes." :mrgreen:
 
DA60 said:
I read it...it sounds ancient.

First you admit you are prejudiced. Then you try to smooth it over and then you insinuate that everyone else is as well.

I got (apparently) news for you, I don't even begin to care how much melanin is in someone's skin. And it boggles my mind how anyone can judge someone by such a ridiculously superficial aspect.

There is only one race to me - the human race.

I judge people by two things - how they treat other people and what they are like when the going gets tough.
People that fail those two 'tests' I am not comfortable with. People that pass them (or at least try to) I AM comfortable with.
That is the beginning and the end of my criteria.
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I think you're missing the point of the test. Almost all decent people in 2015 TRY to treat people of all races and religions equally. But what tests like that purport to show is a kind of subconscious bias or preference or whatever you want to call it. It would be, IMO, remarkable for someone to have literally no racial or religious or cultural biases, and speaking for myself, I was interested in seeing how MUCH of a bias I had. You can call those biases "prejudices" if you want.

Mine are fairly normal, and what it tells me is I have to be careful when interacting with non-white individuals and must be conscious of my biases, to make sure that I do whenever possible judge people equally as I intend to do.

Anyway, I don't see the results as condemning me for having prejudices. I'm glad to know that I have them and now know I have a lot more work to do to eliminate them.
 
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