IAT Response

I took the Religion IAT, and I am not surprised with my results. We live in a Christian-centric nation where Christmas is months long and Easter is a cultural phenomenon. Having a slight automatic preference for Christianity over Islam was what I expected going into the test. Additionally the order of preference for most respondents (I just analyzed the three different tables given) of Christianity first, Judaism second after a steep drop off, and Islam third was unsurprising. The only part of the results that I found at least moderately surprising was that the highest percentage of respondents that showed little to no automatic preference came between Islam and Judaism. While Anti-Semitism is very prevalent, it usually does not receive the same media platform that Islamophobia does. I figured that more people would have a preference towards Judaism simply because it was not Islam, i.e. the better of two bad options, as a result of the media that most Americans are surrounded by. However, it is also likely that people despise both religions equally leading to the no automatic preference. Long story short, America is a Christian country, even if it is not official, and I am not surprised about it.

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  1. Olivia Cosco

    I think you bring up an important point about America being a Christian country. Similar to what Dr. Bezio discussed in her podcast, I believe being Christian is part of white culture and white culture is American culture. Because of this, I feel that no one really discusses having a Christian preference.

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