IAT Test

For the Implicit Association Test, I did the Race IAT. My results were what I expected, in the middle with little-no automatic preference, but what surprised (disappointed) me was in the data summary at the end. 24% of participants had a strong automatic preference for European Americans compared to African Americans, with 24% of participants having a moderate preference for European Americans compared to African Americans. This is obviously problematic for many reasons, but what I think about most is how much that must impact the unconscious decisions of people across America. This could be the difference between getting a job or promotion for someone, or even something as mundane as saying hello to someone on the street. I would be curious to see the age demographics, which unfortunately are not provided. I think that they would provide some insight into how biases are across generations, and if they are slowly fading away or still evenly distributed across age. There is also a disclaimer on the site about how this data fluctuates and shouldn’t be used for serious decisions, but I think that the data is relatively accurate based on my experiences and things I’ve learned.