Anthony Greenwald’s and Mahzarin Banaji’s are psychologists who study human learning. In their book Blindspot, they discuss our subconscious biases that have been instilled into us. Using ideas such as the Implicate Association Test (IAT), Mindbugs (Greenwald and Banaji, page 4), and Shades of Truth (page 22). By asking these thought provoking questions, they probe the question “Are Americans Racist?” (Greenwald and Banaji, page 170), and giving evidence to support their case.
Greenwald and Banaji state the fact of how many lynching occurred in America between 1930 and 1960. Here, they are arguing against many people who believe humans are no longer racist by politely saying that they may not know how many actually occurred. They examine an …show more content…
They suggested that all lies are not the same, instead they have shades or levels of harshness. You already know white lies are little untruths you tell that keep you from hurting someone's feelings, but what about gray lies or black lies, red lies or even colorless lies? Gray lies are very similar to white lies in that they are sparing someone's feelings but also are told to save your feelings as well. Colorless lies are a bit different because they have truth to them. For example, you could ask someone how much water they drank today. The response could be 8 glasses. You may think they had a lot of water when in fact, it was a smaller glass. These deceptions are called “Colorless” because even the person who is saying it may not be aware that they are doing so. Red lies are used for survival …show more content…
Each person had to swing from one platform to the other without touching the ground. Our plan of attack was to have the strongest go first, however there was no know way to know who was strongest. Therefore we judged based of how people looked. In this situation, there was some white lies too. On my swing I tried twice but did not make it and fell the second time. I know it was not good but people did not mind. Nonetheless, people said I did well. This would be considered a White Lie. Even the Peer Assistant said that everyone made it across and we had no walkers when this was not the case; my fall before I made it across was considered a walk. None of these were bad things but a natural part of
Greenwald and Banaji state the fact of how many lynching occurred in America between 1930 and 1960. Here, they are arguing against many people who believe humans are no longer racist by politely saying that they may not know how many actually occurred. They examine an …show more content…
They suggested that all lies are not the same, instead they have shades or levels of harshness. You already know white lies are little untruths you tell that keep you from hurting someone's feelings, but what about gray lies or black lies, red lies or even colorless lies? Gray lies are very similar to white lies in that they are sparing someone's feelings but also are told to save your feelings as well. Colorless lies are a bit different because they have truth to them. For example, you could ask someone how much water they drank today. The response could be 8 glasses. You may think they had a lot of water when in fact, it was a smaller glass. These deceptions are called “Colorless” because even the person who is saying it may not be aware that they are doing so. Red lies are used for survival …show more content…
Each person had to swing from one platform to the other without touching the ground. Our plan of attack was to have the strongest go first, however there was no know way to know who was strongest. Therefore we judged based of how people looked. In this situation, there was some white lies too. On my swing I tried twice but did not make it and fell the second time. I know it was not good but people did not mind. Nonetheless, people said I did well. This would be considered a White Lie. Even the Peer Assistant said that everyone made it across and we had no walkers when this was not the case; my fall before I made it across was considered a walk. None of these were bad things but a natural part of