Implicit Bias Test Response

First of all, I mentioned this test in a prior blog and feel like a wizard because I did not realize that we would be taking the test ourselves a few days later! I have taken many variations of this test for a variety of other assignments, both in high school and in college. The results of those showed that I almost always have a bias towards something or other. This time I chose to take a test that I had not taken prior. Considering my past performance on the tests, I expected to see some sort of bias, and that was exactly what I got. I think that taking these kinds of tests are very important because to combat your own implicit biases, you must know what they are first. One issue that arises with this is those who need to confront their implicit biases but don’t recognize them won’t opt to take the test in the first place.