Sqrl on 20 April 2009
| theprof00 said: BTW sqrl, I think you would be interested in the result of implicit attitude tests. meta-studies of hundreds of different studies like these show that a very large amount of the population in USA have at least some unconscious racist bias against black people. I'll look for the actual statistics... but these tests along with others are the whole basis of Equal Oportunity Employment and Affirmative Action. |
I'm very aware of the studies actually, but as has already been pointed out is that subconscious racism is in no way what we're talking about here. What Garofalo and others are referring to when they talk about racists at these events is the overt ugly racism. I also think it is important to be explicitly clear that you don't think these people are being overtly racist...for your own sake I mean. Because when you say racist...even if you mean subconscious racism..people hear the meaning as overt racism.
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