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Post by becca on Sept 14, 2017 18:51:06 GMT
I had already done the race IAT once and the results today were different, not surprisingly, after reading the follow up article.
Also, I've recently read the piece entitled Sugar Coated Language of White Fragility which suggests that implicit bias is a term that allows white people to shirk responsibility for their actions (e.g., I can't help myself from being racist because I don't know and can't control my subconscious thoughts), so I was glad to see the article called out the validity and reliability of IAT.
Finally, there is no discussion of how a dumb left hand might influence the results (or a dumb right hand, for the lefties). This whole test is predicated on the notion that your reaction times are identical on both sides of your body - I don't know what the research says, but I'm inclined to think that's unlikely.
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Post by katscan on Sept 14, 2017 20:02:22 GMT
I found my results interesting because according to the IAT, I have a slight bias in favor of African Americans and Native Americans. So, as an introspective tool, this probably didn't impact my whiteness properly. The critique certainly makes quite a bit of sense to me, though. For me, the IAT seemed about as scientific as a game of Whack-A-Mole.
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Post by kivy on Sept 16, 2017 2:56:12 GMT
I went and tried the test because your post made me curious katscan. My reading disability made my "fast" response time pathetic. Plus, I kept forgetting which side was positive and which was negative, so I kept getting red Xs. Frustrating.
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Post by bpreuninger on Sept 16, 2017 4:09:50 GMT
I think the critique of the IAT makes sense, but it seems to me that it's just one more area where the truth of something is more "grey" than the general public likes to deal with. It's no surprise that the concept is super-popular, to the chagrin of folks who are trying to apply more rigor.
But... as a political tool, at least it spurs some positive introspection (especially among people who don't have the time to read lengthy scientific journal articles). Of course, if people are using it as an excuse or justification, that's pretty bad. It would be interesting to see if (and how) people DO change their behavior or perspective on race after getting a result on the test that indicates they are biased.
And yeah - the left/right thing... I was "less biased" on one side than the other. I can't remember which side, but it's interesting that maybe I process things differently depending on which hand I'm using.
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Post by Nati on Sept 21, 2017 2:18:56 GMT
I went and tried the test because your post made me curious katscan. My reading disability made my "fast" response time pathetic. Plus, I kept forgetting which side was positive and which was negative, so I kept getting red Xs. Frustrating. I had similar results, I have "cognitive disabilities" to a minor extent, but present none the less. The preliminary questions, prior to the visual left right "E" "I" was not factored into the result, solely based on response time & tactile speed. Was good to get a general idea of where I stood vs. perhaps where I thought I stood. Yet this "study/test" has too many "variables" still as useful self-reflective tool.... |
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