Bias is something we are not always conscious about. We may tell ourselves and others that we do not have it but our experiences and the way we were raised unconsciously shaped us and unknowingly planted bias within us. Even experimenters that conduct the test on themselves discover the hidden bias within them.In Banaji and Greenwald’s case, they found their racial bias against African American names. A lot of research was done to test for bias. One that stood out to me was one that involved sending resumes to employers in Chicago and Boston. There were four different types of candidates: average and highly skilled black applicants, and average and highly skilled white applicants. A preliminary research suggested that black applicants would
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Although it is almost an obvious, it is something I haven't really thought about. With the bias we have about race, religion, preferences with relationships and etc., it affects the way we feel about issues and policies that are brought up. Discrimination is a thing that affects everybody. Personally, even though I know that nobody is perfect and everyone makes mistakes, I catch myself “condemning” certain people more because of their looks and/or beliefs. I grew up with people in my family that were pretty much racist. Because of that, I find myself gravitate towards hanging out with people who look like me instead of expanding my connections. I remember reading an article about the huge number of animals that are still waiting to be adopted in animal shelters and the pattern was that many of the ones still left in animal shelters are animals that have darker colored fur. I could understand why. If I were to look into adoption, I probably would’ve paid more attention to dogs with white fur rather than a black cat. It is the way we are conditioned to act from the stuff around us, especially media. If a black person was to be arrested, the description would include everything about the crime but if it was a white person, the news would probably include their achievements or credentials to make that person seem less of a criminal but a person who just made a
Although it is almost an obvious, it is something I haven't really thought about. With the bias we have about race, religion, preferences with relationships and etc., it affects the way we feel about issues and policies that are brought up. Discrimination is a thing that affects everybody. Personally, even though I know that nobody is perfect and everyone makes mistakes, I catch myself “condemning” certain people more because of their looks and/or beliefs. I grew up with people in my family that were pretty much racist. Because of that, I find myself gravitate towards hanging out with people who look like me instead of expanding my connections. I remember reading an article about the huge number of animals that are still waiting to be adopted in animal shelters and the pattern was that many of the ones still left in animal shelters are animals that have darker colored fur. I could understand why. If I were to look into adoption, I probably would’ve paid more attention to dogs with white fur rather than a black cat. It is the way we are conditioned to act from the stuff around us, especially media. If a black person was to be arrested, the description would include everything about the crime but if it was a white person, the news would probably include their achievements or credentials to make that person seem less of a criminal but a person who just made a