Are You Racist?

[Kestra]

Take the Implicit Association Test and tell me your results. No cheating! Just do the test as quickly as possible to get accurate results. Tell me if the link doesn't work.

An alternate link to try is this and click through till you can choose the Race Test.

 

[RoJoHen]

I have a slight preference towards white people, which I could have told you without ever taking the test.

It's not that I'm racist. It's that black people don't tip!

 

[Roger Wilco]

Hm.

Your data suggest a slight automatic preference for African American compared to European American.

It's possible that the language influenced the test for me though, I definitely got a little more comfortable with the test in the second half.

eta: I am a little africophile in regards to women though.

 

[RoJoHen]

I actually found the test unfair towards the end. I got so used to the whole good/bad thing being on one side of the screen that I kept hitting the wrong button when they flipped them around.

 

[T'Baio]

Yes.

Oh, wait, there's a test?

 

[Roger Wilco]

I actually found the test unfair towards the end. I got so used to the whole good/bad thing being on one side of the screen that I kept hitting the wrong button when they flipped them around.

I didn't even notice that. But I think I was a little bit slower at first when it was black/good vs white/bad than the other way round because I had to think about how to classify the words for a fraction of a second. I'm sure that influenced the test somewhat.

 

[An Officer]

"Your data suggest a slight automatic preference for African American compared to European American."

That was a weird test, it really tried to trip you up, and a lot of the mistakes are due to the flipping around of the categories, rather than genuine preferences. I would be surprised if many people come up as neutral. I do regard myself as neutral though. And yes, I realise that most racists would say that!

 

[sidious618]

I'm not racist but...

 

[Kestra]

Eh, I'm not accusing people in here of being discriminatory. We're studying prejudice and such in my psychology class and had to take this test as part of that.

This has to do with implicit racism, and we've been discussing things like how people can be aware of stereotypes without actually endorsing them in their personal beliefs. I just think it's an interesting test and thought people here might find it interesting as well.

Did you know that being aware of prejudice and going into a situation where you actively try to keep yourself from stereotyping can actually have the opposite effect? You can use up cognitive resources in an effort to suppress the stereotype and you end up with a rebound effect.

 

[trampledamage]

It says I have a moderate automatic preference for European Americans to African Americans, but I'm surprised it didn't just say it thought I was drunk! I kept getting my fingers mixed up

 

[Shaytan]

"Your data suggest a moderate automatic preference for European American compared to African American."


I tend to not care about Americans at all (I answered neutral for both).

 

[Deckerd]

Your data suggest a strong automatic preference for African American compared to European American.

Probably not that surprising since I don't know what either category means.

 

[trampledamage]

"Your data suggest a moderate automatic preference for European American compared to African American."


I tend to not care about Americans at all (I answered neutral for both).

This was my response too!

And the question about avoiding groups known to be aggressive for your personal safety - I said I agreed with that, because I avoid all groups of people for my personal safety! I don't like crowds, I don't trust them.

 

[Adm_Hawthorne]

"Your data suggest a moderate automatic preference for European American compared to African American.

I'm not really surprised. I grew up in a predominately white area of my city, and I live in the same type of area. I'm bound to have a preference for faces I see a lot of. Meh.

 

[iguana_tonante]

Your data suggest little to no automatic preference between European American and African American.

So I guess I'm not even subconsciously racist. Which is funny, considering that I live in a predominantly white European culture, and therefore I suspected I would be rated at least subconsciously racist, if nothing else due to the overwhelming exposure to white people compared to black people (which compose less than a few percent of the population in my city).

So, good for me.
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[Geckothan]

I haven't done the test, but I wouldn't consider myself racist. I am however, against immigration and certain religions, which stupid people mistake for racism for some reason.

 

[Rii]

Your data suggest a slight automatic preference for European American compared to African American.

Interesting stuff. I found the test remarkably frustrating once the categories were switched around. I made two (or three, I don't recall) mistakes in total.

In the 'factors affecting results' box I put the order in which the various series were issued. An easy way to examine the potential effects of such would be to simply vary the order between respondents and observe the differences, if any, in response patterns which emerge. Of course you'd have to control for various other potentially confounding factors to (such as a higher proportion of whites being assigned to a particular test variation) derive anything meaningful from the data.

Incidentally, outside television I don't think I've ever actually seen an African American.

 

[Nociod]

I got "Your data suggest little to no automatic preference between European American and African American." as well.

Tried to do it as fast as I could, so guess I made equally the same amount of mistakes for both categories when they flipped around

I also tried the "Arab Muslim - Other people" test and came up with exactly the same results.

I live in Norway and the majority of Norwegians are white, but I do live in a place with a lot of immigrants, and most of my friends have dark skin colour and are Muslim, so that might have something to say.. But my feelings are that this test is flawed, and has nothing to do with my preferences. The categories keep switching around and I can see why a lot of people would "associate" good with white when that's the first alternatives presented.

 

[iguana_tonante]

Incidentally, outside television I don't think I've ever actually seen an African American.

Me neither. On the other hand, I've met quite a few African-Italians, and many African-Africans.

 

[Michael Chris]

No, I'm not. I'll do the test later when I have time, but definitely not racist.