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Across America, whites are biased and they don’t even know it
Washington Post ^ | 12/8/2014

Posted on 12/10/2014 3:55:47 PM PST by Altura Ct.

Most white Americans demonstrate bias against blacks, even if they're not aware of or able to control it. It's a surprisingly little-discussed factor in the anguishing debates over race and law enforcement that followed the shootings of unarmed black men by white police officers. Such implicit biases -- which, if they were to influence split-second law enforcement decisions, could have life or death consequences -- are measured by psychological tests, most prominently the computerized Implicit Association Test, which has been taken by over two million people online at the website Project Implicit.

Based on this data, it appears that whites in some states may exhibit higher levels of implicit bias than those in other states. The following map, courtesy of Project Implicit, shows the states with the highest level of implicit bias (high number, red) and lowest level of implicit bias (low number, blue). Gray represents states with a middle amount of implicit bias; Michigan is the median state. Overall, the map reflects the scores of 1.51 million individuals, ranging from a high of 99,660 test takers from California to a low of 1,722 test takers from Hawaii.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: obamasracewar; waronwhites; whiteprivilege; whiteshaming
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To: Klemper
Whoa? Wait! I thought that racist behavior was learned. I cannot remember my Papa sitting me down and giving the the “talk” on people that were not white.

I did have that talk with my kids and loved ones. I tell them not to go to or if they can help it, go thru the part of town where those folks live. Especially at night. Never get off the feeway if the exit says Martin Luther King Blvd. I did not, however, teach them to hate or discriminate against anybody of any color.

21 posted on 12/10/2014 4:17:43 PM PST by umgud (I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
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To: Altura Ct.

I’m “biased”, Obama made me that way.


22 posted on 12/10/2014 4:19:16 PM PST by Graybeard58 (V.33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. Corinthians 10:)
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To: Altura Ct.

Let’s see a test on the racism of blacks.


23 posted on 12/10/2014 4:20:30 PM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Altura Ct.

If I am walking donw a dark street and I see bunch of black males coming toward me so I cross the street. Is that bias? or is thet just responding to statistical evidence and using good survival skills??????


24 posted on 12/10/2014 4:21:28 PM PST by Cubs Fan (Victim status-- way more addictive than any drug)
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To: Altura Ct.
I think everyone's a little bit racist sometimes
Doesn't mean we go around committing hate crimes
Look around and you will find
No one's really color blind
Maybe it's a fact we all should face
Everyone makes judgments based on race

No, not big judgments, like who to hire
Or who to buy a newspaper from
No
No, just little judgments like thinking that Mexican
Busboys should learn to speak goddamn English
Right

Everyone's a little bit racist today
So, everyone's a little bit racist, okay
Ethnic jokes might be uncouth
But you laugh because they're based on truth
Don't take them as personal attacks
Everyone enjoys them, so relax

....

25 posted on 12/10/2014 4:26:50 PM PST by x
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To: jacknhoo
Let’s see a test on the racism of blacks.

Indeed

26 posted on 12/10/2014 4:26:51 PM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: Altura Ct.

Got news for ya sunshine, everyone who has ever been born has got biases. It’s called ‘Human Nature’.


27 posted on 12/10/2014 4:28:39 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: windsorknot

“I am thankful that the author...pointed out my bias cuz I didn’t know it!”

It is part of the definition of ‘bias’ that the biased person does not, indeed cannot, see his own bias. If he can, it may be prejudice, but it is not bias. Moreover, the implication of bias is that a bias is unrealistic and not factual.


28 posted on 12/10/2014 4:30:07 PM PST by VietVet (I am old enough to know who I am and what I believe, and I 'm not inclined to apologize for any of)
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To: oblomov

Let’s see how long Mr. Mooney remains “unbiased” against black people (i.e. the criminal elements) when he gets mugged, knifed and/or shot during a street robbery, or does he live in a nice “white flight, guarded community” where “them folk” aren’t allowed.

Hey, a lot of decent blacks I know are “biased” against “bad blacks” who make their lives miserable andkeep them in a state of constant fear.

Had that type of unsolicited conversation today with a black coworker of mine, a lovely woman who has neighborhood criminals damaging or stealing her car on a regular basis.

And she can’t have a gun to protect herself unless she goes thru leftist/liberal Herculean hoops to get a permit in DC or Maryland.

I feel sorry for her because she is a decent, hard-working person who deserves better, esp. after working in the same company/type of jobs for 42 years. She should be allowed to retire in safety but black hoodies won’t let her. I wish she would move into my neighborhood, mixed types but no crime.

Enough guns and dogs on our street to dissuade any evil doers. Hmm - that is the kind of criminal gun control I like.

Hey, Mooney. The footsteps you hear behind you ain’t from the Amish so enjoy your stay in the hospital if you live long enough to get good treatment. Otherwise, you’re worm food.


29 posted on 12/10/2014 4:33:01 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Altura Ct.

Whites are definitely biased, as are FBI crime stats. Biased towards reality.


30 posted on 12/10/2014 4:36:33 PM PST by montag813
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To: lightman

I tried, but I had to lay down to the left horizontally before I could I even read it. I ditched it at question 3. Fxxz that.


31 posted on 12/10/2014 4:36:52 PM PST by Klemper
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To: Altura Ct.

Not really racist, but certainly wary and situationally aware, which Obama, Holder & crew equate to racism.


32 posted on 12/10/2014 4:37:42 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: Altura Ct.
Were it not for White people, Black people would still be slaves.

They hate us but their hatred binds them to failure and degeneration.

Those who assimilate prove that it is possible...but the likes of Al Sharpton and Obama pull them back into the mire...back into the jungle.

Americans are done with Black culture. America is a Christian culture.

Join the Lord or die.

33 posted on 12/10/2014 4:38:21 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: muir_redwoods
Good post!! I'm stealing it....

Don't be biased against me...: )

34 posted on 12/10/2014 4:40:17 PM PST by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: Delta 21

I took the IAT, and I was scored as Neutral.

So maybe I’m not as biased as the idiot leftists think I am.


35 posted on 12/10/2014 4:47:58 PM PST by oblomov
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To: a fool in paradise

Give the test to Blacks and see what kind of racism pops up.


36 posted on 12/10/2014 4:55:25 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Altura Ct.

I’m biased against marxist morons, regardless of skin color.


37 posted on 12/10/2014 5:00:29 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: Altura Ct.

The test is crap and does not take into account a response time that is influenced by disability such as MS. It all is based on how fast you click the keys that correspond with a photo.


38 posted on 12/10/2014 5:01:05 PM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Altura Ct.

Usually the comments at the Post itself are far, far left. Not to this article. Everyone is about fed up with the constant whining and race-baiting. Pull up your pants and get a job.


39 posted on 12/10/2014 5:01:54 PM PST by Albion Wilde (It is better to offend a human being than to offend God.)
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To: Altura Ct.

But of course the author is demonstrating prejudice towards whites. No, of course not. No assumptions based on race there.


40 posted on 12/10/2014 5:01:59 PM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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