I had never seen any tests like that before in my life. I found the racial bias test to be a little more difficult than gender bias. It said I had a slight bias towards white people, and the gender bias test said i made no association between the 2. I really don't know the science behind how they come up with how racist someone is by taking that test. I don't think values and culture bias can be measured by a test like that. Isn't the real test in how people treat others in cultures besides their own?
The reason I say the cultural test is harder is that it uses associations beyond just black and white people. An average person growing up is going to associate good words with light and bad words with darkness. It doesn't have anything to do with people. It's a religious and philosophical understanding making that association. But then again, maybe these do measure something, and they can predict cultural and gender bias. I'd have to see a wide array of results and see if they have any correlation with whether or not the person taking the test is Black, White, Hispanic, Chinese, etc. Anyway, in the words of Forrest Gump, "that's all i gotta say about that."
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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