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HIDDEN BIAS REFLECTION

THE HIDDEN BIAS TEST WAS WEIRD. I CHOSE TO TEST MY BIAS OF EUROPEAN AND AFRICAN AMERICANS. INITIALLY I WAS CONFUSED, AND IT TOOK ME A ROUND TO GET USED TO THE OPERATION OF THE TEST. WHEN I GOT THE HANG OF IT AND MADE CERTAIN MISTAKES THEY WERE SO ACCIDENTAL I DONT UNDERSTAND HOW IT TESTS MY BIAS. IT FELT MORE LIKE IT WAS A TRICK TYPE OF QUIZ THAT WAS JUST CONFUSING MY THUMBS. (I WAS USING MY CELLPHONE TO TAKE THE TEST) AS I CONTINUED TO TAKE THE TEST I WAS KIND OF FRUSTRATED. MY RESULTS CAME BACK SAYING I HAD NO AUTOMATIC BIAS. THE PART OF THE TEST I FELT MOST REPRESENTED WAS IN THE SECTIONS ACTUALLY ASKING MY PREFERENCE.

 I FOUND THE ARTICLE VERY ACUURATE- A LOT OF THE TERMS I FELT FAMILIAR AND COMFORTABLE WITH. I FOUND PARTICULALRY INTERESTING THE IDEA OF "MENTAL RESIDUE". IT MAKES ME WONDER; HOW CAN WE TRULY ELIMINATE A BIAS?
SOMETHING THAT SADDENED ME WAS THE BIAS OF TEACHERS. "SOME SCIENTESTS BELIEVE CHILDREN OF COLOR AND WHITE CHILDREN IN THE SAME CLASSROOM EFFECTIVELY RECEIVE DIFFERENT EDUCATIONS". THIS IS NOT JUST PROBLEMATIC- ITS MORE THAN THAT. AND IT FEELS CRIMINAL TO ME-I HAD A VERY STRONG REACTION TO THIS.
I LOVE THAT IN THE ARTICLE, THE IDEA OF AN INTEGRATED  COMMUNITY CAN BE USED AS A TOOL TO EASE AND LESSEN THESE BIASES.
LOD

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