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We’re All a Little Biased, Even if We Don’t Know It
“Senator, please,” Mr. Pence said, addressing his Democratic opponent, Tim Kaine, “enough of this seeking every opportunity to demean law enforcement broadly by making the accusation of implicit bias every time tragedy occurs.”
The concept, in his words, came across as an insult, a put-down on par with branding police as racists. Many Americans may hear it as academic code for “racist.” But that connotation does not line up with scientific research on what implicit bias is and how it really operates.
Question: If my IAT (Implicit Association Test) shows that I have an implicit preference for one group over another, does that mean I am prejudiced?
The IAT shows biases that are not endorsed and that may even be contradictory to what one consciously believes. So, no, we would not say that such people are prejudiced. It is important to know, however, that implicit biases can predict behavior. When we relax our active efforts to be egalitarian, our implicit biases can lead to discriminatory behavior, so it is critical to be mindful of this possibility if we want to avoid prejudice and discrimination.
Take the Harvard test
https://implicit.harvard.edu/imp…Learn More
https://implicit.harvard.edu/imp…NYTimes Article
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/0…- IAT also shows most have a preference for tall men. https://www.youtube.…Gnash
- I recall that's why most CEOs on average are taller - we're biased to see tall people as more leader-like.whatthefunk
- that's one of the issues with these tests. what does one now do with the information - force HR to hire short people over tall to even the field ?Gnash
- implicit association in an incredibly useful trait yet are often viewed as exclusively negativeGnash
- people understand things by associating them with other things, and some associations are complex, others less so.Gnash
- great question, I think solutions start once an issue is identified and accepted. Many ignore that these implicit biases even exist, there's problem #1whatthefunk
- I believe the study aims to predict potential behavior based on biases, if acknowledged, perhaps it can be self corrected either individually/institu...whatthefunk
- “To live and grow up in our culture, then, is to ‘take in’ these cultural messages and biases and do so largely unconsciously.”whatthefunk
- idk, had a long conversation with a PHD on the subject and I found it interestingwhatthefunk
- It is very interesting. i.e., Williams Syndrom sufferers show no race based implicit associations:
http://www.cell.com/…Gnash - ^ suggests that there a biological component to this, among other interesting implicationsGnash
- ha, I took the test and result was I had no automatic preference btwn black and white people and it fucked w their premise...whatthefunk
- ya, that's an issue isn't it? universities are using these test in anti-bias training for staff. They are bang policies on this (among other things, of course)Gnash
- bang=policiesGnash
- idk, seems a short hop, skip and jump towards political re-education. makes me a little uneasy considering the science isn't at all establishedGnash
- agreed but I'm encouraged about starting a conversation about measuring people’s attitudes https://plato.stanfo…whatthefunk
- i wish they'd call it Implicit 'Association' instead of 'Bias'
Ironically, it's biased as a negative heuristicGnash - thanks for the link :)Gnash
- let's try to influence people's unconscious and thereby involuntary biases, cool breeze thought police********