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Are We All Unconscious Racists?
Frontpagemagazine ^ | October 13, 2017 | Heather Mac Donald

Posted on 10/13/2017 4:24:00 AM PDT by SJackson

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1 posted on 10/13/2017 4:24:01 AM PDT by SJackson
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To: SJackson

As usual, Heather is on the money. A long, but very powerful, article.


2 posted on 10/13/2017 4:39:05 AM PDT by Salvey
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To: SJackson

“There are only two races: the decent and the indecent.” —Viktor Frankl


3 posted on 10/13/2017 4:51:31 AM PDT by onedoug
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No, some of us just waste our time with stupid questions.


4 posted on 10/13/2017 4:52:08 AM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: Salvey

A black person, the local bum, broke into my car last night.

Rifled and tossed the glove box and center console.

Am I rayciss?

Wait, don’t answer that, because I don’t care.


5 posted on 10/13/2017 5:09:01 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Trump's election does not release you from your prepping responsibilites!)
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To: SJackson

If the experiment does not randomly assign the “good” versus “bad” key associations to black versus white, the experiment itself is highly biased. The initial session is “training” the subject to associate the keys with “good” and “bad” and “white” and “black”, then using the result of the training to disparage the assessed individual.


6 posted on 10/13/2017 5:12:58 AM PDT by MortMan (NFL kneelers: A colonoscopy is not supposed to be a self-exam.)
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To: Salvey

IQ tests, like the SAT’s and LSAT’s, show about one standard deviation between black and white scores. That fact explains most of the inequalities.

BTW, IQ tests are culturally biased: They measure the cognitive skills needed to succeed in our culture.


7 posted on 10/13/2017 5:16:35 AM PDT by Senator_Blutarski
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To: SJackson

I did not give you permission to include me in your “WE.”

The answer is “NO,” and don’t ask again.


8 posted on 10/13/2017 5:16:57 AM PDT by I want the USA back (*slam is a violent political movement that hides behind the illusion of religion.)
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To: Senator_Blutarski

What if it’s BLACK racism at fault. What if victimism is self racism. Free your Mind Your Fanny Will Follow.


9 posted on 10/13/2017 5:22:39 AM PDT by CharlesOConnell (CharlesOConnell)
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To: MortMan

Exactly. You have identified the flaw in the experimental design which completely destroys any validity of the results.

Moreover, since the reliability of the results is said to be low (the article does not give the exact reliability statistics) the validity cannot be high. Statistically, validity is always less than reliability.


10 posted on 10/13/2017 5:58:49 AM PDT by VietVet
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To: SJackson
You have to understand that this about money.
The ‘white guilt’ money from companies, corporations, non-profits, and the federal government is drying up.
They need new grievances to shake down Whitey, hence ‘privilege’ and ‘unconscious racism.’
11 posted on 10/13/2017 6:01:55 AM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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So much time and money wasted on solving a problem while purposely avoiding the OBVIOUS cause which are blacks themselves. The data is abundant and easy to find, blacks are disproportionately involved in crime, prone to behaviors that lead to poor socio-economic and academic outcomes, and government dependency. These issues are NEVER factored into addressing the problems of the black community and racial disparity. Nor are the reams of data pointing to a persistent IQ gap independent of cultural bias. Instead resources are wasted trying to identify new forms of imaginary racism and bias.


12 posted on 10/13/2017 6:47:59 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (The DemocRAT party has been taking a knee on America for decades.)
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If the ability and tendency to discern and acknowledge “intergroup differences in interests, abilities, cultural values, or family structure” lies deep within our brains, then it’s natural. And if it’s natural, it’s all good, right leftists? ;)


13 posted on 10/13/2017 7:02:34 AM PDT by mikeus_maximus (The Truth does not require your agreement.)
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A racist who is “unconscious” is — I think can all agree - the “best kind” of racist. So this is a good thing?


14 posted on 10/13/2017 7:04:04 AM PDT by glennaro
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To: SJackson

Dr. Jordan Peterson brought this up a year ago - as well as how employers are doing unconscious bias training whether or not there is any evidence the person has any type of biases.

Dr. Jordan Peterson: The Dangers of Unconscious Bias Testing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veAPVuuUSUY

In Canada as well as a number of big U.S. companies, they are using “we know you’re racist, even if it isn’t evident, we just know it!” to inject far left politics, social justice, into the workplace.

Compulsory Political Education: A Real World Case Study at the U of Toronto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-7YGGCE9es


15 posted on 10/13/2017 7:18:11 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: T-Bone Texan

Was reading some online discussions. In the UK, any dispute between white and black is classified as a hate crime, even in cases where the black person says no, it was personal, no, race wasn’t involved as a factor, he was just mad and screaming at me.


16 posted on 10/13/2017 7:19:12 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: Little Ray

It is about how in the name of fairness, the perceived social hierarchy of the 1950s has to be inverted and the great grandchildren of the supposed perpetrators need to be systematically oppressed to offset their unfair privilege.
And they need to be told how they are unfairly advantaged and need to internalize collective guilt to willingly sink to the bottom tier of a new social structure that treats them like untouchable caste members, inherently immoral by their very blood.


17 posted on 10/13/2017 7:21:04 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: SJackson

Nice summary. Some of the methodology flaws are obvious. Nice to see that they are finally getting looked at.


18 posted on 10/13/2017 9:24:50 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Senator_Blutarski

What if it’s BLACK racism at fault. What if victimism is self racism. Free your Mind Your Fanny Will Follow.


19 posted on 10/13/2017 3:36:13 PM PDT by CharlesOConnell (CharlesOConnell)
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Bump


20 posted on 11/14/2023 3:45:11 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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