Thursday 22 September 2011

Extra Credit: Have a parent take the Race IAT

I had my dad take the Race IAT tonight. His results showed "a strong automatic preference for European American compared to African American."  He seemed very skeptical that this test was a valid representation of anything within his subconscious. He argued that the order that they were grouped in is what confused him and caused him to get the result he did. He said that African American and bad were grouped together initially, so he was inclined to group them for the rest of the test.
He also said he saw no reason for why him or any other non-racist white person would prefer European Americans to African Americans. I told him what Mike had said in class, that black people are more subconsciously inclined to prefer white people.
He took the test a second time - his own choice. This time, African American was grouped with good for the first round. His results showed "a moderate automatic preference for European American compared to African American." 

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