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Yaasmeen Brown - Reflection #2 02/06/19



Yaasmeen Brown 

Questions / comments/ ideas that stuck with me :
-How honest are people with themselves when they take this test ? 
- The commitment to change - "If people are aware of their hidden biases, they can monitor and attempt to ameliorate hidden attitudes before they are expressed through behavior. This compensation can include attention to language, body language and to the stigmatization felt by target groups."



Reflection:

While I was reading the section in the article about learned prejudices I couldn't help but think of this video..... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1qWzD_62Ec

the video supports the claim that as early as age 3, children pick up terms of racial prejudice without really understanding their significance.  This is a huge issue because children are made to believe that that type of language/ behavior is okay and they carry that with them into adulthood. 







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