Implicit Association Test (Race), anyone else take it? I always thought I had absolutely no bias

[applegrove]

because I loved my Jamaican nanny when I was three, and that I studied some African history in University. I always had black friends. I've always wanted to visit Africa. I read about it all the time. But I do have some bias. When I did this test I favoured white people a bit. Shows that anyone can have bias.

http://opl.apa.org/Experiments/About/AboutIATRace.aspx

Here is one version of the test:


https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html

[AverageJoe90]

1. I'm sorry to say, but this was honestly a really clunky test program.

Not at all well put-together, TBH: did the best I could to follow the instructions, but all I got was "There were too many errors made to determine a result.".

Maybe I'm just not suited for this type of test, possibly? I do have ADD.....

[applegrove]

2. I did the test years ago. I wanted to give people the option of trying so I looked online and found

several. I guess this one is a dud.

[Control-Z]

7. This one requires Macromedia Flash Player.

Adobe bought out Macromedia at least 8 years ago. There's sure to be a newer version somewhere.

[applegrove]

8. I will look. Thanks.

[csziggy]

3. I was surprised that I have little or no bias

Being brought up in the South by biased parents, I expected I would show some bias. I'm very happy that seems to not be true according to this test.

[applegrove]

4. That's great.

[BlueJazz]

5. I was pretty even in answers 52 white 48 black

Test seems very weird tho...

[applegrove]

9. I was near that.

[edgineered]

6. An easier test with one question -

Watch a movie. Apocalypse Now is a good example.

What was the characters name for the young black kid who died first?

It was disturbing to realize that prejudice doesn't have to be a big and obvious or even intentional to exist. Its all the small ways that we don't even think about.