re: #259 alexknyc

Have you taken the Harvard Implicit Association test in regards to race?

implicit.harvard.edu

It’s a test that tells whether we associate negative or positive words with a particular race. The general statistics finds that far more people associate positive words with white people, and negative words with black people. This is true among blacks as well as whites, interestingly enough.

Implicit reaction has very little to do with actual actions. As long as you’re a conscious being, you can adjust your actual judgments and thoughts, and not be tied to your initial reactions. We’re humans; we’re cool at doing that.