Timely. I recently read Malcolm Gladwell's must read, "Blink, The Power of Thinking Without Thinking."
He pointed out that "When the students were asked to identify their race on a pretest questionnaire, that simple act was sufficient to prime them with all the negative stereotypes associated with African Americans and academic achievemen…
Timely. I recently read Malcolm Gladwell's must read, "Blink, The Power of Thinking Without Thinking."
He pointed out that "When the students were asked to identify their race on a pretest questionnaire, that simple act was sufficient to prime them with all the negative stereotypes associated with African Americans and academic achievement—and the number of items they got right was cut in half."
There was a track and field guy who took the race IAT test frequently and his score remained the same until one day when he had watched the Olympics (black excellence) before taking it and it changed for the better.
He wrote quite a bit on police shootings. "Three of the major race riots in this country over the past quarter century have been caused by what cops did at the end of a chase.” There are too many lessons in that section for me to quote. I will repeat the words must read book.
"hat simple act was sufficient to prime them with all the negative stereotypes associated with African Americans and academic achievement"
Yep, I heard about that study. There have been a few on the same theme. Similarly, when black students read a passage from a book by Ta Nehisi Coates their confidence in their ability to control their destiny decreased.
I'd be really interested to see studies like this on other groups. I'd love to see if the effect is pervasive, or if there needs to be a wider cultural effect before something so apparently minor can make a difference..
Two notes on the police shootings. There are more complaints when there are two officers in a car as they act more quickly where with one they wait for backup. Many agencies are reducing the number of partner cars as a result.
With apologies to Chris Rock, don't make them chase you if you don't want to get shot. Arousal of the chase alters thinking. This is not necessarily about race though I've read (don't know how true) that black people are more prone to run. Imagine you have just rushed your life, and the lives of others, in a high speed car chase.
One of my takeaways is that race can be an influence when the people involved are not people we would think of as racists or that their actions were the result of "bad intentions" racism. I think that is a big deal.
Timely. I recently read Malcolm Gladwell's must read, "Blink, The Power of Thinking Without Thinking."
He pointed out that "When the students were asked to identify their race on a pretest questionnaire, that simple act was sufficient to prime them with all the negative stereotypes associated with African Americans and academic achievement—and the number of items they got right was cut in half."
There was a track and field guy who took the race IAT test frequently and his score remained the same until one day when he had watched the Olympics (black excellence) before taking it and it changed for the better.
He wrote quite a bit on police shootings. "Three of the major race riots in this country over the past quarter century have been caused by what cops did at the end of a chase.” There are too many lessons in that section for me to quote. I will repeat the words must read book.
"hat simple act was sufficient to prime them with all the negative stereotypes associated with African Americans and academic achievement"
Yep, I heard about that study. There have been a few on the same theme. Similarly, when black students read a passage from a book by Ta Nehisi Coates their confidence in their ability to control their destiny decreased.
I'd be really interested to see studies like this on other groups. I'd love to see if the effect is pervasive, or if there needs to be a wider cultural effect before something so apparently minor can make a difference..
Two notes on the police shootings. There are more complaints when there are two officers in a car as they act more quickly where with one they wait for backup. Many agencies are reducing the number of partner cars as a result.
With apologies to Chris Rock, don't make them chase you if you don't want to get shot. Arousal of the chase alters thinking. This is not necessarily about race though I've read (don't know how true) that black people are more prone to run. Imagine you have just rushed your life, and the lives of others, in a high speed car chase.
One of my takeaways is that race can be an influence when the people involved are not people we would think of as racists or that their actions were the result of "bad intentions" racism. I think that is a big deal.