Are you a racist?

[glenn beck]

try the gay-staright one, they ask the personal ?'s at the end, some are so obvious what you prefer, waste of time using the speed test part.
Again...dumb test

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: whitecloak
Your data suggest a slight automatic preference for White relative to Black

Very surprising, coming from a guy named "Whitecloak", lol

 

[Rainsford]

This test is stupid, it's all based on how the first grouping is set up.

Suppose I told you that I would show you some objects (squres, circles, triangles and hexagons). Squres and circles you should place in a pile on your left, while triangles and hexagons should go in the pile on your right. You should do this as fast as possible, and I'll do a bunch of them so you get the hang of it. Now I'll switch it up, triangles and circles go on the left, squares and hexagons go on the right. Go as fast as possible.

Which group will you be slower making your decision on? Probably the second one, due to a problem with learned, automatic responses. It happens all the time, we are asked to make an automatic and quick decision the same way a ton of times for very simple problems. After a while, instead of making a conscious decision each time, our brain simply associates the problem with the solution. We don't have to think about it. When you are driving a car and someone in front of you quickly stops, you probably slam on your brakes without even thinking about it. This is a learned automatic response that you learned because it works every time. If I switched the gas and brake in your car, the next time you had to quickly stop, even if I told you I switched the pedals, I bet you'd hit the gas.

I'm a little surprised that the people at Harvard would confuse simple conditioning as racial preference, but I've always said those Ivy League jokers aren't as smart as they think they are.

 

[Jamie571]

Your data suggest a slight automatic preference for European American relative to African American

 

[fs5]

Your data suggest a slight automatic preference for European American relative to African American

 

[imthebadguy]

Your data suggest a moderate automatic preference for White American relative to Black American

meh...i suppose im moderately racist?

 

[KoolAidKid]

This test has been around for years (BTW, it was not developed at Harvard). It is problematic for many reasons, but the main drawback is that it measures associations, not necessarily beliefs. For example, say you are very aware of the stereotype that green people are unintelligent. Then if you took that test it would determine that you associate green people and lack of intelligence. This does not mean that you BELIEVE that green people are less intelligent, only that you are aware of the negative stereotype.

 

[Quasmo]

Originally posted by: Capitalizt
if you had continued, you would see that they switch things around SEVERAL times.

Finish it for an accurate result.

Mine was inconclusive. Take that.

 

[illusion88]

I moderatly like black peopel more the white people. Which I find as odd. I live, and have lived in a predominatly white culture. Ive never had a black friend, nor have I known one on more then a first name basis. Honestly, I expected a different result.

 

[AbAbber2k]

Hardly a test of racism, like everyone else has said... it's just testing your association skills.

 

[MeanMeosh]

tagged for later

 

[Quasmo]

they should do clothing associtation, like red neck clothes and FUBU.

 

[Quasmo]

or for stupid people, all people in my book have to prove themselves of being somewhat intelligent, if you're gonna act like a stupid punk, you're probably not worth my time.

 

[maziwanka]

this test is retarded. you knew how it was testing you while you were taking the test

 

[mordantmonkey]

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Your data suggests an ability to follow directions

Yea, this is a real meaningful test...

seriously if you have good reaction time and intelligence, then this is useless. i suppose they are trying to demonstrate a subconsious association of one race with bad feelings. pretty lame in my opinion. i'd expect more from harvard students.

 

[Orsorum]

Your data suggest a slight automatic preference for White American relative to Black American. Considering I spent most of my childhood with white people and the occasional asian, this doesn't surprise me.