Is Everyone A Little Bit Racist? | Implicit Bias

Many companies have offered diversity trainings to teach their employees about implicit biases. But what does that mean, and is it really helping anything?
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[@rodylermglez]

Avenue Q had this pinned well many years ago: "Everyone's a little bit racist, all right. Doesn't mean we go committing hate crimes."

[@isadoraalvarez5572]

This is true.

[@koffiecake]

Yes

[@jerry3790]

I’m very racist, I think races are the worst. You have to do loads of running and it makes you get all sweaty.

[@Criiies]

Hah

[@happydays04]

they had us at the first half, not gonna lie

[@liamprentice2913]

Kaya Malalgoda Weerakoon lol

[@koffiecake]

Hm

[@360.Tapestry]

i accept that people have racial preferences and biases... just don't try to fool yourself that you don't have them

[@buckyhermit]

A quote I once heard: "If you have a brain, you have a bias." Even if you're trying hard not to have a bias, you're still going to have one. Just need to accept it and try to do better.

[@sirawesomeness7543]

It’s not racism when you hate everyone equally

[@philo_star]

buckyhermit Or you could use logic to determine who someone is on the inside instead of an unconscious assumption based on their physical attributes.

[@meandmetoo8436]

@@philo_star you can't use logic to define a person's personality. You can try and have a rough estimate but it can't be exact.

[@Rasgonras]

I just give everyone the same chance to disappoint me.

[@Master_Therion]

"Is Everyone A Little Bit Racist?" I have a drill bit that will only work on white pine wood. It refuses to drill through ebony wood. It's a racist little bit.

[@malworks]

Take my like, good sir

[@Blox117]

assuming the bit is not dull, it should drill through if you press down harder.

[@Jeonsaryu]

r/wooosh

[@Blox117]

Aaron Park yes, autistic people do make whooshing sounds.

[@malworks]

don't blame the guy, sarcasm isn't always easily communicated online

[@TheDeuceofSpades]

Let me bring a small piece to the puzzle here: When I was in elementary school, it was in a predominately white and liberal area in rural NY. We learned at a young age about the Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream. We were taught that judging others by the color of their skin was wrong and that everybody needed to be judged by "the content of their character." I, through the intense lessons about the past taught to me, inherently felt terrible that black people were treated so badly and I began to (I'm talking about a first grader in the early 90's here) have sympathy for black people. This might sound like a nice story but later found that my reaction to all of this was more damaging than good. Black people are not to be pitied. Pity implies a certain level of condescension. A better lesson to have learned back then was not a lesson of learned remorse for something I never had a part of. It would have rather been a lesson in equality. The teachers should have pointed out that none of any of us is to consider ourselves better, or more valuable than anyone else. We had both black and white kids in our classes. Growing up being taught this instead would have taught me, instead of having pity, to see everyone as equal. Inadvertently, I was taught to be racist in a different way, and had to unlearn that as I became more self aware and challenged by a deep hurt our culture still faces today. I think we're seeing a lot of the aftermath of this narrative, hence PART of the ongoing struggle we face to undo racism.

[@montengro234]

That's a very good point. Many of us, white and liberal, our raised in a culture that does actively attempt to assign different victim statushood towards random people of colour because of some vague "history". The slavery argument for example, slavery still exists in Africa heavily in some places, not so in others, but this isn't forced by white people. We try to make suffering into the job of a people, rather than saying that we all suffer in different ways and have each individual problems for ourselves, which can tie in to race, religion, disability, gender, etc. but is very rarely a sole byproduct of any of those reasons. But the old view that Africa isn't doing well as a whole is pretty racist and generalizes a whole, very diverse continent. For example, Rwanda despite having a genocide, is actually probably doing the best out of any African country, but the Republic Of the Congo which is one of the most rich areas in terms of resources despite it being a burning disaster. They have a border next to eachother. It would really help everybody to study and understand rather than generalize, but that requires effort and interest.

[@thorandil1]

Exactly. Black people can take care of their own problems, they dont need white people to fix their lives.

[@thorandil1]

@Dream Delirium I dont understand the ending of your reply

[@XxFreako64xX]

I think this is beautifully written. And being a kid from the 90's I remember growing up learning about Martin Luther king and all the things our country did to black people- which yes it makes me so sad. From the slavery ships and how horrible it all was to the separate bathrooms because of color. But honestly if they wouldn't have taught me history (even if I didnt grow up in that time) I would be blind to how bad it was and unaware of how we failed as a nation to treat everyone with equality. But I really appreciate your take on not "pitying" but to have a love and desire for equality. Again if we dont learn history it is often bound to repeat itself. And I know what we were taught in school when it comes to history could be questionable as well lol but for that we are responsible to learn more about the truth on our own time. Not just what one teaching system has taught us.

[@TheDeuceofSpades]

@@XxFreako64xX ♥️👍

[@kysier6015]

I've researched the IAT heavily. To be completely honest, it's a joke. Thankfully compared to 5 years ago, more and more psychologists understand that to be the case. Subtle surveys are more likely to recognize bias, but even that is flawed. Self preference causes problems, as people will always show a small preference to people they identify with. Combine that with the fact the vast majority of test/survey takers are white, and to a lesser degree male, and you create the appearance of bias with artificial results. There's a lot more to it, and many more problems, so anyone interested should definitely look into it.

[@kyrlics6515]

*no u*

[@rdizzy1]

There are always problems with tests like these, including IQ tests as well. But we have to use what we have currently. Also, the entire concept of "self preference" is in itself implicit bias, and even if that is the reason why individuals have racial bias, it doesn't mean the racial bias doesn't exist. IE- If I'm white, and have an implicit bias towards myself (my own race), that means I have an implicit bias against other races aside from my own, it doesn't negate that whatsoever, it only gives one of the many reasons for it existing.

[@jjsmith706]

The best way to look for implicit bias is to record people in their cars in traffic.

[@seanpeery7780]

rdizzy1 White may not be a deciding factor, you MAY have more bias against people with different nose sizes than you than you do skin colour. And you wouldn't know. It's not a matter of "it doesn't mean it doesn't exist"'. Just because no one has seen a Unicorn before "doesn't mean they don't exist", but that doesn't mean we should start digging random mile long tunnels to uncover their secret underground network system that they use to pedal meth. The IAT, like the IQ test, proposes to answer the question, but it flat out does not. It does NOTHING to narrow the result of what its answers achieve. One person might have an ear lobe length preference, one person might be induced with stress at the thought of being labeled a racist, another might be distracted by their attraction to one of the images, some people might achieve a more neutral score from their actual racism allowing them to fake positive associations faster. The test is horseshit from concept and it has been thoroughly shown to be biased in its own implementation. Anyone who acts like this test can answer the truth question 'does this individual have a racial bias', is either unaware of the various flaws in methodology or a Charleston trying to promote an agenda. Even Sci-Show here, which banks hard to the left, ended up going with the "maybe" conclusion, because it's only a matter of years before everyone who has backed this test to drop it like a hot pan due to it's complete inability to get repeatable or useful results.

[@woodfur00]

Sean Peery A Charleston? A charlatan?

[@Sophi023]

I'm not racists but I believe I can make quick assumptions and have biases, I don't believe that makes me or anyone racist, just mistaken and human. As someone in these comments stated if we call everyone "a bit racist", then it just waters the true meaning of that word. I think there are people out there who are just that, truly racists and hateful, borderline evil.

[@rdizzy1]

It doesn't water down anything. Someone that crosses the road without even thinking to not walk by a black person at night and the leader of the KKK are both racist nonetheless, it is just that one is much more so than the other. They both fall under the same generalized definition of racism. Whether it is within human nature to have racial or tribal bias is irrelevant and doesn't change this, it is just an explanation or a reason that it exists is all.

[@Sophi023]

😂😂 Exactly my point!

[@Stephan5916]

You're racist because (unless I'm mistaken) you make assumptions and have biases based on race. End of story.

[@chrisb3976]

You are racist dont lie to yourself

[@ki11aqueen5]

You are racist, everyone is a little bit racist. And denying that doesn’t help you. We all have our biases, pre conceived notions. Humans are wired this way.

[@Brainstorm69]

The IAT is unfortunately not reliable or robust enough to measure such a complicated thing as 'racism'. It was never designed to measure racism and it shouldn't be called upon as a tool to do so IMHO.

[@freedomofspeech2867]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/npmkYWt5is98o7c

[@pXnTilde]

I've taken some of those for MTurk, and the part that I found most difficult was the simple fact that the sorting changes. I.e., if you start by A1 and B1 to the left and A2 and B2 to the right, then when it changes to A2 and B1 to the left and A1 and B2 to the right I have a really significant problem being able to switch. I'm not sure how randomized the order was, but in my experience they typical started with the expected strong one, e.g., White and Good; Black and Bad.

[@AnaArantes]

In fact, what it measures is the "strenght" of the relations between stimuli. There are other experimental procedures that can do it with a little more accuracy (as per experimental results till this point, wich are in no way enough to prove they work better for predicting real bias) and with more direct measures of relatedeness strenght and the advantage that they can be analyzed individualy. Anyway those procedures are showing a little more accuracy in measure implicit bias than explicit measures (questions and surveys) in other themes beyond racism. What we're asking now is not about the relations between stimuli (those we already know are a fact), we're askig about how they are learned and to which extend they can control overt behavior.

[@Txukasa1]

@@ninjasaurusrexatron of course you don't think they exist... 👀

[@SomeGuyNotKnown]

@Somali Pirate who pirates salami Why do we have to rush to measure something as inconsequential as implicit bias?

[@PlugInKali]

Everyone's a little bit racist sometimes. Doesn't mean we go around committing hate crimes.

[@TessaBain]

You can't be a little bit racist. Either you hate people of other races and discriminate against them with no reason beyond race in your mind or you don't. Stop watering down the word so people who actually are racists learn to not care abut being called one. If everyone is something it's not a meaningful distinction. You're essentially just calling someone human at that point. There is no real value in having a word to distinguish a concept if the concept doesn't differentiate anything.

[@Goro_Maj1ma]

@@TessaBain Everybody's a little bit racist sometimes.

[@SwissAdelina]

Look around and you will find No one's really color blind.

[@dancecentralYESXD]

Maybe it’s a fact we all should face...! 🎶

[@rdizzy1]

In it's most simple form, racism is simply any prejudice (prejudgement/preconceived opinions), based on race. This can be a massive sliding scale of how extreme someones racism is starting with inherent, unknown, implicit bias kept in ones own thoughts all the way to murder/genocide based on race.

[@ryanbranigan231]

Avenue Q anyone?

[@ghost-rk5vx]

Ryan Branigan heck yeah

[@technicaldifficulties3289]

HELL YEAH

[@JoshuaHowley]

The internet is for porn?

[@clxwncrxwn]

It popped in my mind when I saw this video. 😂🤣

[@matthewgates7775]

YEAH!

[@daniellbondad6670]

Would you push the lever to send a train towards a stranger,or do nothing and let it hit a family member? We tend to favor those more closely related to us.

[@paintballthieupwns]

The people that designed the IAT test say that it cannot be used to make the conclusions that people are drawing. Simple at that.

[@mikerphone.]

So i feel like if white people start naming their kids names like Laquanda And Jayshaun, and black people name their kids Betty and Steve we'll be all good in like 2 decades or so.

[@doomdoot6731]

I feel like if people stop naming their kids Laquanda and Jayshaun and make it easier for all the poor dyslexic Star Bucks employees, we'll finally be good. Seriously, why do you hate other people so much that you give your kids a complicated first name?

[@mikerphone.]

Overlord IV - complicated to who? The Name Vrishabh Acharya seems complicated to me but if i were hindi living in India that is one of the most comon names for a man. Its stong masculine name. So if you were living in places highly populated by African Americans in the U.S. a name like Daykuan or Darneletella seems pretty normal to me. It's all about perspective bud. The more you try to see life from others point of view the more you will understand, care for and be loved and accepted by others.

[@doomdoot6731]

@@mikerphone. it has more than 2 syllables, so it's complicated to all unfamiliar with the name in the first place. Hell, I knew a dude named Caoilfhin (or something like that), and while that might be perfectly normal to him, he was very able to admit that it's not a simple name to spell.

[@wyass4722]

Or not, because cultural appropriation

[@mikerphone.]

Eu Não sei - Everything since the beginning of mankind has been culturally appropriated. It is literally at the heart of our evolution and one of the sole reasons we are what we are today. We've always piggybacked off the backs of our neighbors, our enemies, and our allies. Just because you use something from a diffrent culture doesn't inherently make that action a negative one. Is it cultural appropriation for black people to name their kids white names? If so what culture has the rights over such names? And who said they couldn't use them? The idea of appropriating an aspect of human life ignores the fact that we are all the same species regardless of our cultural and societal diffrences. You do not own your ideas no matter how much you would like to believe so. Every idea is a culmination of amalgamated information taken from your aggregate surroundings. Your ideas are not your own, they never were. Who or what dictates your inclusion into a culture? Is it based on race, on ethnicity, or is it based on the lens which you veiw reality through? The society in which you reside, regardless of your path to. All this being said besides the fact that my original statement was obviously meant as a joke, one that you clearly didn't understand.

[@WomanSlayer69420]

Yes, and that’s okay. Where I draw the line is when this preference becomes hatred towards others and you do things that harm others just because of the color of their skin, or tell them what to do and say things that demonize them. Harming another person is never a good idea, and them looking different from you is definitely not a good reason to do it. If you want to marry a straight white woman, I don’t care, because that’s your choice. However, if you tell an Arabic man that he’s a terrorist who shouldn’t have rights, that’s what I have a problem with.

[@mezz09smezzanine]

I would like to know WHERE these studies were, certain parts of the world seem to be more racially biased than others

[@VxV631]

The IAT is kiiiiind of broken and even the creators said it can't be taken twice because it's fundamentally flawed

[@danielduncan6806]

I like my implicit biases. My implicit biases will keep me safe, keep me alive. My implicit biases are non-negotiable. They are gained and learned through life experiences. People who are attempting to change or otherwise alter implicit biases in others have never been tested in a life or death situation where their implicit biases were necessary.

[@garretthallmark6648]

Am I the only one who feels that the question “are black people getting too demanding” is pretty blatant and non-subtle?

[@MiketheMadness]

I've met dozens of Americans who flat out don't believe black people can be normal, well spoken and productive members of society. And the reason is simply that they've never met a black man who wasn't robbing their bike or drinking in public or scaring them. They're not racist, but they literally know nothing better. As an English man and black man when I went over I was met with shock at my accent and actions, blacks called me wigger and coconut, white people were hugely condecending and treated me like a special child with a good vocabulary. "You speak so well, well done," and so on. I think people are simply afraid of what they don't know, and assume what they know is the norm. It's all learnt.

[@violet-trash]

+MiketheMadness Proof once again that it's not an issue with race, but an issue with culture. Economically the Americans are doing better than us at least.

[@seanpeery7780]

Well, they are by definition racist. Racism is most commonly founded by ignorance, so being ignorant does not make you not racist. Racism isn't permanent. You can start or stop be racist for any reason. It's just more often than not, misinformation. Some people are racist because of having more information than they can feasibly process. Like all the intelligence studies that demonstrate that black american's under-perform, people take that as meaning that black people are dumb without understanding that there is more data to it than just the results, in the same way there is more data to IAT that invalidates it.

[@5h3lby52]

I’m so sorry that happened to you, people are so unaware of others’ situations and still don’t understand that ultimately we are all more similar than we think. Race is just a social construct; there are more similarities between people of different “races” than those of the same race or ethnicity. Basically, on the genetic level, we are all interconnected, as one would anticipate.

[@Stephan5916]

They're racist because they're making sweeping generalisation based on race. End of story.

[@rainynight02]

Remember, no matter what you do, you will always be guilty, on some level, of thought crime.

[@christelheadington1136]

Ah yes, original sin.Those damned apples.

[@360.Tapestry]

there are no laws regulating thought. let me simplify: "thought crime" is not a real thing stop making up reasons to feel oppressed, you little snowflake/buttercup/whatever.... jesus christ

[@peaisminc.9067]

Kryptonite not yet, maybe in 1984 it will become a thing *hint *hint *wink *wink

[@jypsridic]

Please report to the Gulag

[@chibi013]

I can tell ain't non of y'all read or understood anything Orwell had to say.

[@angelic8632002]

Another upside with being autistic. Being "culture blind". Doesn't mean you can't learn dumb things on your own, but it does make it a whole lot easier to resist negative cultural influences.

[@manuelholland1732]

Same

[@matusjansta]

Diversity training = someone in the diversity industry is making a lot of money from basically blackmail.

[@YCCCm7]

There's so many baseline assumptions rolled into this comment, I'm legitimately not even sure what you mean. If you could explain that for the laymen, I'd be very interested.

[@jjsmith706]

Poe's law strikes again. Is OP that stupid, or is he just pretending to be that stupid?

[@aclstudios]

Why does it gotta be *black*mail tho???

[@matusjansta]

@@YCCCm7 the diversity industry is explained in detail by the jewish lawyer (that detail is gonna be important) on his channel "frame game" (possibly with a "radio" on the end, not sure). He basically explains how a certain ethnic group created lobbies for diversity iniciatives, disperate impact theory and other affirmative action laws, proceeded and proceeds to regularly create a "racism" based outrage towards a multimillion dollar company and then gracefully provides a super-costly remedy for that outrage via diversity training from a company owned by the very same people who created those laws and outrage.

[@MarshallTheArtist]

The internet is for porn.

[@laurelhuntley6348]

There are 2 races Humans and NASCAR

[@Creterampage]

I honestly believe everyone is racist at least once in their life. Whether it’s using the n word or racial biases, everyone is racist at least once. And you can’t deny that. I admit, even I was racist once when I said something unintentionally racist.

[@gravijta936]

What's the difference between a brown egg and a white one? Nothing, they all come from the same chickens. Yet some people get all racist about it.

[@safir2241]

You know what’s terrible? Getting punished / killed just by the colour of your skin. You know what isn’t terrible? Saying a word that might offend sensitive ears.

[@ikerus0072]

Yes

[@tugger]

Says the touchless incel kefir.

[@anton2maa]

N

[@montengro234]

wow dude killing because racism is bad

[@rdizzy1]

And what does your second statement have to do with this video topic?

[@maattthhhh]

Question? In doing experiments, how do you get informed consent, while also avoiding confirmation bias from your participants?

[@TheDQBand]

You inform them afterwards and give them the option to withdraw without any consequences. At least that's that happened in an "experiment" I participated in. :)

[@tugger]

If they lie we withhold their methodone

[@cbgirl1220]

It's hard to fake the IAT you answer the questions so quickly when you make mistakes it accounts for that and when you consciously try to not be biased you answer more slowly and it accounts for that too you can take it online and see what I'm talking about

[@evilotto9200]

Indecipherable wall of text followed with "click to agree"

[@freedomofspeech2867]

You don't.

[@sk8rdman]

Racism, and other prejudices, are important for us to think about and discuss, but only in certain pre-defined circumstances. It's not the kind of problem to bring up every time it might be present, because that only draws our attention to it and makes us think about it more. The more we think about it, the more we'll start to see it, even in places where it doesn't really exist. We need to practice living as if it's not an issue, because if we can't learn to do that, we'll never get over it.

[@TheFlipside]

Where are all my Avenue Q fans at?

[@matthewgates7775]

Right here

[@SuperJesseisawsome]

HellZz ya

[@gennybaratta2460]

If we all could Just admit That we are racist A little bit, Even though we all Know that it's wrong, Maybe it would help Us get along!

[@isadoraalvarez5572]

“Everyone’s a little bit racist sometimes. Doesn’t mean we go around committing hate crimes”

[@tristansuarez-perez2346]

I think that calling it racism over prejudice is somewhat dangerous will normalize it to some extent, even if the racial component is greater than any other component

[@ib_m1953]

I wached this with playback speed: 2. Now, my brain is practicly mush...

[@sirawesomeness7543]

I’m not racist, I just hate everyone equally!

[@Criiies]

Ha

[@tabiandro]

I would associate rabbits and flowers with Easter, where white is the predominate color scheme, so I wonder what other associations people might have. I don’t doubt that implicit bias exists, just doubt some of the testing for it.

[@FirstRisingSouI]

Someone needs to do a test on how the fear of others thinking you are a racist makes people uncomfortable around people they are told not to be racist against. Whenever I am put into a situation where I have to interact with black people, my first thought upon seeing them is, "I hope I don't do anything that makes them think I am a racist." Of course once we get to know each other it's always fine, but we meet people all the time that we don't have enough time to get to know.

[@nicolaiveliki1409]

What this test will tell you is a combination of how certain a person is of themselves, and how many f***s they have to give. If the latter value is more certainly confined, the less accurate the reading on the first will be. Congratulations, we have determined a conjoined value pair for personality!

[@rdizzy1]

That is actually a good thing, and it is called being self aware of your own biases and taking steps in the right direction to correct for them accordingly. People should not only do this for racial bias, but most forms of bias. Sadly though, instead, most of the dolts will just shout from the rooftops that they aren't racist, and are incapable of self reflection. (In my own experience, the people that need to tell everyone that they aren't racist are actually the most racist)

[@FirstRisingSouI]

No, it sucks being afraid around black people all the time, worrying that any eye motion or stutter could be taken as a microaggression. And I dare you to tell me that appearing nervous around black people doesn't get taken as racist.

[@unknowntexan4570]

Racism is a concrete, conscious worldview only. Implicit bias is not racism.

[@deadeaded]

fun fact: they recently redid the resume experiment in an academic setting (STEM tenure track positions) and found women, not men, were preferred. The ratio was 2:1 in favor of women. See watch?v=5f6rQfpd68o for a summary by the researchers.

[@42Fossy]

I think STEM might be in its own field specifically because of the push to get women into that exact field over the last few years. I think the bias varies depending on the time and place but it's very unusual for there to be no bias at all.

[@sidbid1590]

Everyone's a rittle bit lacist

[@SomeGuyNotKnown]

Can you guarantee it was because they were male or white sounding? Likely and definitely aren't equivalent.

[@KitNeedsCoffee]

Is everyone a little racist? Short Answer: Yes. Long Answer: *Sips tea* uh, I think you might want to sit down for this one...

[@dorissaclaire]

Correction: Starbucks to not close all the vents US stores only some of them. Most of the Starbucks is in my area where open: (

[@jamesloiselle9098]

everyone's a little bit racist, sometiiiiimes. doesnt mean we committing hate criiiimes!

[@lucretius8050]

Teaching people to be considerate and kind is the best way to solve these problems. Trying to fix a problem by giving additional attention or advantage will always backfire as attention seeking or inequality of sorts.

[@delberssj700]

Of course we have implicit biases, it’s an evolutionary mechanism, we need to guess based on our past experience to survive future ones. But that’s not the same as being racist.

[@jackschnabel856]

I think implicit biased is worthless. I measure a person based on their actions, so if you are subconsciously racist but still treat people equally, then what's the problem?

[@sca8217]

Short answer: YES

[@BooleanDev]

Simple answer: Yes. It's part of human nature

[@EmmaDilemma039]

Not what the video said at all...

[@BooleanDev]

@Gaia Builder I know. I wasn't summarizing the video

[@Manganization]

Comparing something like violence and dishonesty to something like implicit racism, which is a bit more complicated than "it's morally wrong" doesn't make a lick of sense. Even violence has its time and place. Implicit racism will change as culture changes, but it's not going to be something you can simply change after it is learned. I've seen people using the "black and white person on a bus with an empty seat by both people" example, but the example itself is bad. You got to make a decision anyway, and no matter how much of a race neutralist you can get, you're going to call back to every single one of your past experiences and observations to make a decision. I believe addressing racism to the point where you're overthinking it is bad. It's good in the sense if you can use it to influence the culture or society you live in, but it's bad for yourself.

[@jayviescas7703]

AW! I thought you were going to play the song from Avenue Q! What a jip!

[@TheChadPad]

Yes, we unintentionally start noticing trends when we are young, and these form prejudices when we're older. Then, we learn that people are individuals and don't always fit the norm. Anyway, I just came here to read racist jokes, and I'm thoroughly disappointed

[@dewaldt8104]

Well since you asked so nicely for racist joke, I will be kind enough to give you one. What is faster than a black guy stealing your TV. His little brother stealing your laptop.

[@dewaldt8104]

@@TheChadPad On the roof of a very tall building are four men; one is asian, one is mexican, one is black, and the last one is white. The asian walks to the ledge and says, "This is for all my people" and jumps off the roof. Next, the mexican walks to the ledge and also says, "This is for all my people" and then he jumps off the roof. Next is the black guy's turn. The black guy walks to the ledge and says, "This is for all my people" and then throws the white guy off the roof.

[@thatgui88]

Yeah I'm surprised there isn't more racist comments really surprised.

[@keanikanha1414]

There seems to be a major flaw with the Implicit Bias test. Mainly that the test generates different results when people take the test multiple times. A crucial component of any psychological test, whether it be an IQ test or a personality test, is that it must generate similar results when the test is taken multiple times. I first took the test and it said I had a bias. I took the test again and the results were that I had no bias. What changed in the last five minutes that made me less biased? Could it be that the test only shows bias because it first teaches the brain to click certain keys in response to certain images and that when those images are switched the brain has trouble relearning something it has just been taught the opposite of? In the way that switching the buttons on the controllers someone has always played video games with might make someone seem worse at a video game than they actually are?

[@BattlestarMan13]

I’m sorry but throughout this vid I couldn’t get the song” everyone’s a little bit racist.” By avenue Q out of my head.

[@kyivstuff]

The book Racism Without Racists is about this implicit bias (in the end of the book the author explains why Obama wasn’t a victory for minorities), very interesting!

[@freedomofspeech2867]

Obama's victory was a loss for humanity. People learned that only political ideas are important in a political position so they voted in Lord Emperor Trump. Not everyone of course, that's why the left still exists.

[@klutterkicker]

I'm going to take a guess the author either thought Obama isn't "black enough" or didn't like how he uses affected speech to broaden his appeal (which is used by every politician and news reporter anyway).

[@kyivstuff]

klutterkicker Nope

[@macsnafu]

Of course Obama was a 'victory', of sorts. Obama proved that skin color doesn't make you any better a president than any of the previous presidents. If anything, Obama's presidency was more about preserving the status quo than Bush's or Clinton's presidencies.

[@arthurobrien7424]

No, because you don't get to chance the definition of racism every 2 seconds.

[@custos3249]

Sooooo many assumptions made, especially with the associations with names, specifically the failure to differentiate between bias against stereotypical/foreign names vs names that are familiar. The biggest issue with these examinations is the labeling of banal personal preferences, specifically the understood reality that people refer the familiar to the foreign, as racist. I get Steve. Steve is boring. That I don't get Shaquandra means nothing towards racism if I also don't get Abelard or Vitaliy. At best, it's mere xenophobia. A problem in and of itself but a very different animal from racism.

[@raspberrytaegi]

as a mixed person i would like to say that this video was done very well, with a satisfying conclusion void of anything offensive. so good job :)

[@awilkes1376]

Bias is an interesting word that deserves more dissection. We all have preferences, but are they hateful or harmful? Because you cannot tell people what to prefer, and people cannot intrude upon others to experience a preference.

[@ThrottleKitty]

Not racist. Racially insensitive. Neither is okay, but the former is very dangerous and the later just makes you look like an ass.

[@Jebbtube]

As Avenue Q once told me; everyone's a little bit racist sometimes, doesn't mean we go around committing hate crimes.

[@invidia2816]

I’m a little racist, society has taught me to be that way. But whenever I find myself thinking a racist thought I stop myself and think, this person is a human being and why am I thinking this everyone is equal. We are taught to be racist. I know this because when I was a kid I literally didn’t think about race ever. I only ever began thinking about it when we learned about it in school. I began to see color in probably 9th grade

[@avalonjustin]

I reuse to undergo any of this thought policing, especially when the results are not reliable.

[@Ifakojesfd]

No. Some people are very racist.

[@rydaddy2867]

The problem is that "racist" is poorly defined and overused. The statement, "I think Mexican people are lazy" is racist. The statement, "The Mexican people I have worked with have been lazy" is NOT racist. The first is a generalization based on race; racist. The second is a statement of personal experience based on individuals who happen to share a race; NOT racist.

[@klutterkicker]

Well you do have to ask the question, "Are they really lazy, or am I just misdirecting myself?" It's always wise to be skeptical of your own gut instincts, especially about other people. You do have to know people very well before you can make accurate character judgements about them. It's even wise to be skeptical of statistics, because they can be reductionist. If your Mexican coworkers have lower productivity ratings, is it because they're lazy, or is it because the English language isn't their native tongue? Now let's say you've thought it over and these people really are noticeably more lazy than others. That leaves you with one more question you have to answer, which is "Why race?" In other words, is their Mexican heritage making a meaningful contribution to your observations, or is it an arbitrary grouping? Would it make more sense to group lazy people by any other property they share? I'm not trying to be sly, there are times when race/sex/etc can be associated with a quantifiable difference, and maybe it comes from their family history or social development or whatever, but there are also a whole lot of false positives in this regard. Many times, it might be prudent to just consider each person on an individual basis.

[@charlesriley6618]

So associating wonen with family is "negative" and disagreeing with aspects of black culture/politics is racist. Seriously? I'm a fan but this video was B.S., ironically full of bias itself.

[@shaywilliams4790]

I agree with you. And I'm sure that's not the popular opinion to have, but I stand by it

[@jaesungkim5478]

Did they try telling people to sort photos of black people with black bunnies'?

[@kaijucifer3544]

Everyone IS a bit racist under the right circumstances. If you have a racist thought, that counts. It's a result of millions of years of tribalism. Rooting for the home team is always going to be a thing.

[@BleachWizz]

What I believe is that prejudice is a natural human behaviour for simple social interaction. Fact is with so many ppl around us we need something that makes us interested in some more than others. But this mechanism in our current society creates a problem for wel... obvious reasons(?). But everything seems to be learned and the real problem is that stopping with these action would require asking the person to stop liking they used to like and start disliking stuff they don't like, or start liking stuff that makes them feel humiliated. Feelings are the same for all humans but we learn to not only react to them differently but also associate different situations and scenarios with different feelings. Idk why this makes so much sense to me but with all that I can also say I believe depression is actually a learned behaviour. The person literally just got trained troughout it's life to feel sad and guilty for a lot of common situations.

[@loomhigh]

A video briefly explaining it, finally.

[@danielshae3300]

Remember, the first thought you have about something is brought from how you were raised, how you react to that thought is who you are.

[@Schradermusic]

How are we supposed to not associate 'white' with 'good' and 'black' with 'bad' when there are terms like 'whitelist' for the things you want and 'blacklist' for the things you don't want?

[@vegancyclist8853]

no. some people are in a coma.

[@bellsTheorem1138]

Everyone has implicit bias. Racists give in to it.

[@iratami]

These programs may not work. And by may not work we mean, evidence to the contrary and even the opposite is rather statistically significant. Aydin Paladin did a roughly 1-2 hour video on it

[@TheSkittlekid]

The college study you cited only shows a correlation, and fails to show causation. I understand why you put it in the video, but there are better studies out there that show more than just a correlation.

[@JohnCashin]

To answer the question, yes, of course, everyone is to one degree or another, even someone who is Biracial, like me can be racist....but (yeah, there's always a but, right? 🤣)...not everyone will call it by that name 'racist', they will use alternative terms to try and avoid the stigma of being labelled racist, whilst at the same time, it enables them to sneak in the exact SAME ideas that are, all said and done....er....racist. Different ethnic groups will use different names and expressions for it and they will all also attempt to justify themselves, eg, within the black community, you might hear something said along the lines of "hey, I'm not racist, I don't hate white people or anyone who is not black, I'm just pro-black and prefer my own people to any other people" or, within the white community, you might come across something like "hey, I'm not racist but the white race is under attack from people of colour, they hate us so we need to defend ourselves and stop ourselves being wiped out by separating from them" etc, and within other ethnic groups you might hear a different version of those same aforementioned emotive sentiments. You can see what they are all doing though, right? They are trying to change the terminology that describes their beliefs and actions in order to avoid the stigma of being labelled 'racist' because the label 'racist' comes with too much baggage attached to it, so, in many cases, they will avoid admitting that is what they are, whilst at the same time, they get to sneak in all the SAME things they would bring in if they had just openly admitted that they are racist. In some cases though, like in the case of the KKK, they will, after a bit of a push be open and admit they are racist (as if we didn't know lol) but they will still try to justify it in all kinds of ways, whether it's by utilizing religious ideas, the Bible or citing various kinds of social issues that they are convinced that they can tie in with multiculturalism and try to argue that racial segregation should be brought about "for the good of white people" etc. Of course, you wouldn't expect someone to just say "oh, alright, the truth is I am racist because I just want to be racist, I have no actual reason to be other than I just like being racist and I don't like anyone who is from a different ethnic group from me and I prefer my own group because....well....it's my preference..a bit like how I prefer apples to oranges, it's just my preference", no, expect them to come up with some sort of an excuse....uh....sorry...reasoning for their position and views. By the way, as well as everyone being a bit racist, I would also add that everyone is a little bit mad too, including myself, probably more than a little bit in my case though 🤣🤣. Many thanks.

[@genisay]

You can also be racist if you think a group of people is innately better at something. Like a lot of people think of Africans as being really good at running, or that the Japanese, in general, are really good with technology, or one I had when I was in my teens: the Japanese play a lot of video games. Really, the number that did was about the same as it was in the US, so... I mostly thought they did because a lot of games and game systems originated from Japan, so if you have more access to it, more people are likely to use it, right? So now I'm not really sure if that was 'racist' as much as a speculation based on incomplete information.

[@MrJackassz]

Everyone is racist, of all colours. Animals are racist and so are plants. Ive been racially talked down by every colour and culture in the book. It doesnt bother me and im a white guy who cares. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.... we learnt that in kindergarten

[@DarrylLearie]

I do not think I am racist - but if I am it’s because I learned to be from society and not myself.

[@austrarobust8993]

I was just talking about this to a friend...good to see its not a crazy concept. Its the deffinition that needs changing. After all, you can judge a person and not hate them. Define that.

[@Teth47]

The problem is the lack of distinction between in-group preference and out-group prejudice IMO. That's a major issue, and framing it that way is more useful in terms of actually making a difference, particularly because people typically respond to being called racist (especially if they aren't or aren't very racist) by becoming more racist...

[@AyeGee721]

What I hate is Race superiority and those that want 'Pure blood'/against race mixing. I'm half White/Polynesian and can throw a few cheeky comments either way about the cultures (although harmless). However my wife is Finnish and hates Scandinavians. So it can go deeper than just skin colour.

[@xensonar9652]

Depends how watered down your definition of racism is.

[@lerlay950]

Damn this comments section is particularly garbage

[@LilBnu]

That's KZbin in general

[@thstroyur]

Nope - garbage you can recycle - this place is hopeless

[@Polyglot_English]

As is this video

[@Novadestin]

Everyone is a little bit ignorant, but no, everyone is NOT a little bit racist.

[@HamStuff]

I'm not racist. I always take my coffee black.

[@marcofreire]

I'm not a racist. I'm indifferent to everyone else.

[@gitoshrisen7687]

I think it's important that first people realize that they are racist...even if they are unconscious about it. Many people in my country are unapologetically racist...and prefer white skins. People first need to recognise there is a problem and then work on it.

[@ZyTelevan]

Depends on whether I can score a point against somebody by claiming it.

[@mikeg9b]

This is a bit off-topic, but I'm curious if any research has been done on what it is about black people that racist white people don't like. I'm not a social scientist, but my hypothesis would be that the problem is less about race (genetic traits) and more about culture (group behavioral traits). While there is no "white culture" or "black culture," the phrases "that black person is acting white" or "that white person is acting black," are (in my estimation) universally understood in the United States.

[@DMWayne-ke7fl]

Yes, and that is a good thing.

[@pinheadlarry4538]

why is it a good thing?

[@claytonbourne8967]

Psych really needs to do a video on nature vs nurture 😍😍😍

[@alltnorromOrustarNorrland]

3:40 As a non-Anglophone I don’t understand one thing: What exactly is a “Black name” & “a White name”?????????? Any examples??

[@explosivemodesonicmauricet1597]

He meant using Native African Names and Native Caucasian Names.

[@marcoispan2702]

A racist judging me by my name is gonna have a shocker I guess

[@skylark.kraken]

I took an IAT and was told I "slightly" prefer black people over white people, works both ways (I'm white) So is that true, was I being too cautious, was the test laid out where I knew what I was doing later on, or am I racist but my brain was trying really hard to make me think I'm not? I can't think of any example where I've made a choice which is literally white on one side and black on the other so I'm pretty sure I'm not. Like meyer-briggs personality test I think there is a flaw with the testing implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/Study?tid=-1

[@braverthanyoubelieve6985]

I just took a short IAT test online and the result was (shockingly to me) that I have a moderate preference for white people over black. But honestly, I think that result was more due to the way the test was carried out and how it swapped the phrases to the other side halfway through. I wasn't putting the black faces with the unpleasant words on purpose, I just kept getting confused and forgetting which side they now went on. **shrug**

[@mathv3761]

I like how you guys don't actually put any political bias on your videos.

[@alexandrecenedella8792]

0:17 they are trying to save their ass/business lol not that hard to figure out!!

[@tiffyw92]

"Christ! Do I feel good!" "Now there was a fine black man." "Uh, Gary, who are you talking about?" "Jesus Christ." "But Jesus was white." "Nah, Jesus was black." "No, Jesus was white." "No, I'm pretty sure Jesus was black." "Guys! Guys, guys! Jesus was Jewish!" Good times, good times.

[@foxbearchillinbytheriver]

Why are you only talking about blacks and whites? Humans can be racist to any race 🙄

[@wizardtim8573]

Could you do an episode on moral dilemma and moral conflict? Maybe include the difference between ethics and morals?

[@TP-tc7vp]

Thank you!! its a quiet monday on YT