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  • HoraceH Offline
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    I think we've talked about these before, but this group has been adding to their suite of tests. This came up today in the company wide quarterly results meeting, which was devoted mostly to DEI discussions. One helpful person from the attending masses posted a link to this site in the meeting chat. It has been years since I took the test, so I took it again, the black vs white bias test. As should come as a surprise to nobody, I am officially not racist, unlike all other white males. No measurable bias.

    I dont post this to brag. I only wanted to let everybody know how superior I am regarding personal virtue.

    I am sorry if this lays bare anybody's racism. You will probably never be able to sleep well again. But that is ok, because racists shouldn't sleep well IMO. Racism is wrong, IMO.

    https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html

    Education is extremely important.

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      I didn't get past the first question. It was stupid.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        I went through 8 minutes of the gender bias with no problem, then they switch sides. I toss math into the arts (and it is!) and they tell me I have a slight gender bias of thinking science=men, art=women.

        The Brad

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          Your responses suggested a moderate automatic preference for European Americans over African Americans.

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            Your responses suggested a moderate automatic preference for European Americans over African Americans.

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            @Jon said in Implicit bias test:

            Your responses suggested a moderate automatic preference for European Americans over African Americans.

            Racist.

            The Brad

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              Sad.

              Education is extremely important.

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                Nathan Cofnas, who I just mentioned in the podcast thread, mentions these tests in passing. While they can measure what they claim to measure, the leap from a split second preference, to actual racist actions, is a handwaved fabrication, with no evidence to support it.

                At the end of the day, most white hiring managers, regardless of how they may score on a test like this, are thrilled when a qualified black candidate applies to their company. Unequivocally I know that to be true where I work. Unequivocally I know it to be true throughout the tech sector.

                Education is extremely important.

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                • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                  I went through 8 minutes of the gender bias with no problem, then they switch sides. I toss math into the arts (and it is!) and they tell me I have a slight gender bias of thinking science=men, art=women.

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                  @LuFins-Dad said in Implicit bias test:

                  I have a slight gender bias of thinking science=men, art=women.

                  So do 250,000 years of human history.

                  You can object to it or even try to make it go away or pass laws that forbid it.

                  Still, there it is, Mars vs Venus, it is real.

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                    Meh. We’ve always been better artists than the w1mminfolk.

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