Although I have taken an Implicit Bias Test in the past and studied why they work in other classes, I always try to push back against the answers that they give me. This time, I took the Arab Muslims vs Other people test and came out with a slight preference to Other people. When I first read that, I was actually annoyed, I thought it had to be some sort of error because I am not racist or islamiphobic. But after some consideration, I realized that the results do not make me either, it just means that I have been conditioned to associated Arab names with worse outcomes than other names. Ususally, when I hear these names they are connected to a recent terrorist attack, a fictional villan, or a dictator of some far away country. Of course I know that someone named Mohammed is no more likely to be a terrorist than someone named Mike, but the media only tells one, unflatering side of the story describing the Mohammeds of the world. I think that these bias tests should become more common to show people the biases they have that they would rather ignore so that they can fix the causes of those biases. I know that for me, from now on I will try to recognize my automatic thoughts towards others and I think others would do the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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