Unconscious Racial Bias: It’s Everywhere
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- Right wing demagogues like to pretend there’s no such thing as racial bias. They are objectively wrong. We have the studies. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"What it comes down to is a difference in perception. In the subconscious minds of many police officers, an armed white man is just a citizen exercising a constitutional right, while a black man carrying a gun is an imminent danger.
Following the event in Minnesota, even the state’s governor, who is a white male, told the press that he didn’t believe the incident would have occurred had the driver been white. Similar sentiments were expressed by President Obama shortly after.
Of course this does not mean that police forces across America are composed of open racists that actively conspire to take black lives. However, what has been proven by countless empirical studies is that, in general, brains respond differently to black males in ways that create a perceived threat out of an otherwise neutral event - a process that often occurs outside of conscious awareness.
It doesn’t matter if the police officer does not consider himself a racist, or holds no overt racist beliefs or attitudes. It is an ugly fact of nature that an intrinsic racial bias that influences automatic reactions may be hardwired into his or her brain. Racism can accompany racial biases, or be driven by them, but a racial bias can exist independent from conscious racism as well. In fact, some studies show that the implicit racial bias towards blacks can even exist in black individuals themselves.”*
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surprising how these racial segments get so many downvotes.. creepy... he's just giving the data.
+Shoahshana Goldberg-Shekelstein that's a lie.
Those are from the conscious racists.
They have a low level of intelligence and awareness.
hmm, 2 different numbers about the same stat..
You and Shoahshana Goldberg-Shekelstein are quoting different stats. Yet you're both getting the thumbs up. Smh!
He indeed isn'tonly the ones that "show hes right" but not all the information of those studies....so...he's leaving out info....=propaganda......then he's twisting the info he is revealing= vicious propaganda.
seeing those dislikes give me hope. maybe not all liberals are sjw's
+Rin Mathews Did you see their new "Questions for SJWs" collaboration video on TAA's channel? I actually want to see a regressive try to dispute that, it'll be interesting.
Dana Distasio Yeah, it was hilarious.
We aren't all BBC cucks.
Precisely. SJWs aren't even liberal, since they're ideas are authoritarian. Authoritarianism is the antithesis of liberalism.
While I do not agree with a lot of what social justice warriors say, Cenk is right about the unconscious biases since there is a TON of research that backs it up. Rational people are supposed to believe what the evidence corroborates regardless of the conclusion and who else believes it.
9 min video been out for 2 min and there are already 19 dislikes.
Same can be said about the likes. Why would you like a video without even watching it.
+ScAgCoWbOy you don't need to see the whole video before you form an opinion on it idiot
There's also an equal amount of likes. Why don't you talk about how some people automatically like it before they see it?
***** Actually, it's quite the opposite. It's TYT fans who finally realized that TYT is full of shit. You don't see that in their older videos from back when they used to be actual liberals and not regressives.
Their dislikes get more and more (by their own followers, I am one) as time progresses, because TYT turns more and more into regressives every day, and we are reacting to that.
For example, in videos where they talk politics and don't spew regressive lies and propaganda, like when they talk about Hillary's e-mails or about Bernie Sanders etc, upvotes consist the vast majority on the bar of the video.
On videos where they turn into regressive social justice warriors with double standards, you can see how the votes are usually 50-50.
If those were "trolls" or "right wingers" or simply "idiots" and "bots" as you put it, why aren't all of their videos downvoted? What type of coincidence is this where they downvote very specific videos? I read the title of a video on TYT and immediately know approximately how many downvotes compared to their upvotes it's going to have. And trust me, I'm pretty damn close every time.
If the title is something along the lines of "new anti-abortion law pushed in X state" the bar is probably going to be 90% up and 10% down. Why? Because this channel has liberals, and liberals are pro choice. TYT will be also pro choice and everyone (almost) will upvote it.
If however the title is something along the lines of "gamer losers hate women" (that was an actual TYT title once, but they changed it after a day or two), then it's going to have pretty much 60% downvotes and only 40% upvotes or some shit.
Why? Because this channel has liberals, and liberals are anti-bullshit. TYT will spew some crap and most people will downvote them.
cause it's load of bullshit
Whenever I sit next to a black guy I subconsciously want to clutch my purse just a little tighter. It is only then that my rational mind kicks in and tells me, "dude, you're a guy; you don't have a purse!"
Waiting for racist trolls.
You're the racist for agreeing with TYT on this. Complete and utter bullshit.
He Hate Me
ah there you are
+Jason I'm not racist. TYT is the only one here race baiting with their anti-white SJW propaganda.
your already on their youtube channel
50 Stitches Steel
and another one
its happened.
theyv finally gone full sjw.
TYT has always championed issues of social justice. Are you new here?
Well. They know their braindead audience. And they know that's where the money is at.It's the only reason Cenk would support Bernie. He's part of that dirty, dirty 1%. He just doesn't mind any extra taxes I guess as long as he gets more morons to buy his shit. You can tell so easily by the whole "SHOP TYT NOW!" and "SIGN UP TO BE A MEMBER AHHHH!"
Well. They know their braindead audience. And they know that's where the money is at.It's the only reason Cenk would support Bernie. He's part of that dirty, dirty 1%. He just doesn't mind any extra taxes I guess as long as he gets more morons to buy his shit. You can tell so easily by the whole "SHOP TYT NOW!" and "SIGN UP TO BE A MEMBER AHHHH!"
Ottfreyrr "They know their braindead audience."
Is that the reason you keep watching?
Halxion selective hearing+self righteousness+far too much of a victim complex=sjw
I see the racists got here to dislike in record time. Science is really inconvenient for you huh?
Pretty sure that's not science.
+Prince Avery Beats (Composer) a culture that promotes violence? how?
J Beast Human culture has violence at it's heart.
vorsye but he said something extremely racist.. he said that blacks specifically promote violence... as if it's only us
I'm so tired of ignorant people talking, when there are facts being given to them
You guys realize that in some of the most populated black areas, you have majority black police forces? which would mean that these sky high crime rates should be even higher if they weren't given special treatment by officers of their own race.
Panther King Did you watch the video? unconscious racial bias applies to all races. So by the theory, a white guy in a neighborhood with black cops is going to be given less lenient treatment than a black guy in a neighborhood with black cops.
kathy kelly black cops still treat black people with the same racial bias as white cops in some cases so that is bullshit that we get "special treatment" from our own black cops because sometime the black cops are even more ridicolous than the white ones
Panther King obviously there can be instances of black cops being worse, but if the theory is by and large correct, your getting off easier with a black cop, than a white one. I'm not even so sure I believe in the theory, or at least that it exists in the way they say it does today. I've seen studies where white cops were less likely to fire on black suspects in similar situations compared to whites.
Drizzle BbyBark what is your latest comment, this is the only one I see
bigraviolees how about making an actual point, what do you dispute
haha wow it's almost like throwing together Humans, who developed together in homogeneous tribes for thousands of years, all together in a multicultural and multiracial melting pot is a bad idea
It is not a bad idea, just an unnatural one. The same can be said with any technology humans have made.
At most A persons Bubble extends Only what in the local area a mile or 2 at most. Anyone outside that or unknown in a risk factor as you dont know or never seen them before.
Digital Bubble goes further since depending on the person Its like a straw poking directly into your bubble creating a direct line. Hell look how Even towns treat themselves as diffrent from another town. It can even go all the way down to a persons block (in the case of urban and sub-urban areas)
Well yeah,but it's way too late to go back. Also white people sorta caused it.
ha, no
The racists are reacting quickly to this upload too I see.
I know TYT has terminal trollitis
I concur. Anyone who is supporting the conclusion of the video is pretty much admitting that they are a racist (because that is what Cenk reported that the studies concluded). And I see many supporters on this video.
So people who aren't racist are still racist on a subconscious level. Kind of like original sin, ain't it.
yes
The Young Race Baiters
Jane Elliot has been explaining all this for years..
Look at all the racists disliking this video.
This is all scientific research, yet the amount of dislikes... trolls dislike any video about racism without even watching it
If everyone is racist and if it doesn't make you a bad person... Then how is it bad?
For now on I'm just going to watch the videos. Any intelligent conversation in the comments is dead. Likely what these trolls wanted.
+ᅚᅚ Sad state of the internet nowadays.
+ᅚᅚ anyone who disagrees with facts
Shit even on this thread.
translation: reality doesn't agree with me, *i NEED A SAFE SPACE!!! :''''(*
Congrats, you're officially a useful idiot.
How do Blacks and Whites smoke Marijuana at the same rate, what does that even mean? Do you have sources to back that up?
It's self-reported data, and entirely unreliable. Actual studies in which blacks and whites are drug-tested show that blacks are about 2 to 6 times more likely to lie about suing drugs. .
+Roy Algelli you're an idiot 😂😂😂😂😂
But you are an idiot... you just made an idiotic statement
Roy Algelli in case you didn't know...whites are more likely to use more expensive drugs than blacks, like cocaine and heroin, but have less chances of being arrested due to the fact that most of them are teenagers and the children of whites
how do blacks and whites smoke at the same rate when blacks have ten times less money. that's the question. it's a lie. whites will sniff baby powder.
Trolls are everywhere.
ikr? the video has been out for a few minutes and already 100 dislikes
+Jason Wedderburn don't be fooled. this is all planned out. internet is the weapon, that's all
People who disagree with you are not just trolling you. Think about what they say and maybe you could understand what they mean.
Not trolls. Just people who don't agree with you.
Not everyone will agree with you. I know, mind-blowing, right?
@elgransick You just proved his point, m8.
Would someone please give me the link to the black/white sounding name resume experiment?
I don't think it's unconscious.
It depends on the person of course.
It's definitely no unconscious for some people but it's definitely unconscious for most people
Subconscious.
As you know, it is very conscious for some people, but it is also unconscious. You can't consciously control the response of your amygdala, for example, but it affects your behavior.
Where is your video about Bernie endorsing Hillary today? I came here for this and yet it is nowhere to be found. Hmmm, interesting! ;)
They only used bernie as a front to push their racism.
they just went of the air give em a chance to upload it
Impatient idiot.
I just had someone named "Vlad the Manpire" call me impatient. My life is now officially complete!
Scott Newcombe Dr. Evil is calling. He says: Scotty don't.
"everything is sexist, everything is racist, everything is homophobic
and you have to point it all out to everyone all the time..." :D
ive definitely caught myself having this unconscious bias in the past. how can we go about reversing it?
I think you guys are being way to generous with calling it unconscious.
He explained that they actually tested for racism, so people basically couldn't lie about it.
These unconscious biases are not mutually exclusive to additional conscious biases. that's where your comment goes wrong.
I really hate to say it but this is true. I don't know if the fear is because I grew up in predominantly same-ethnicity areas (as in the person not registering as automatically friendly) or if it's a learned response. I do want this to change though. Why should skin color have such an impact even on a subconscious level?
Evolutionary reasons. We are afraid of things that are different.. Different skin tones, different religions, different cultures.. It's how human nature survived.
+NelliButt I understand that but it is now problematic. We need to figure out a way as society to get over that response.
+Cruznick06 There's no way. I'd love for all of us to see each other equally and respect one another.. but that's not what humans are.. that's not what animals are. We will always be this way. But this doesnt mean racism is okay. Having fear is different from being a racist.
+NelliButt There is the consideration of maybe having more diverse schools, encouraging cross-community events that bring different ethnicities together, and continuing fighting the over racism. Normalize people of different races as friendly entities and eventually the fear responses will stop. It could possibly take multiple generations and you might need to start with children early in development but theoretically it could be changed.
+Cruznick06 **overt not over.
Non racist viewers please upvote these videos.
ACTUAL QUESTION: If its unconscious how do i know A) That i'm not doing it? and B) How do you stop it?
No TYT, don't fall into the SJW trap. Stick to politics.
Fall into it? The dove into it and having been swimming in shit for a long time.
What did he say that can be disproved? Can you refute any of his sources?
Well I for one don't intrinsically see a black person and decide they need to be under more scrutiny because I'd do the same if they were white though I admit I'm probably the exception and an anomaly to this.
But no I cannot disprove his sources and I fully admit that but the idea of subconscious racial bias seems frankly stupid to me. Are we not all one species and shouldn't we all work together for a better tomorrow?
Webshooters1 So what was the poinr. If you concede that yes he is not wrong, and you cannot disprove his sources, why post this bullshit and contribute to the negativity, toward a video just stating FACTS!
Do you have any studies refuting these 5 fact based scientific studies?
#Hillary2016 #ImWithHer
I'm with her too❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
#Hillary #PolicyOverPersonality
how could you morally support her?
+John Doe and who are you supporting a big mouth billionaire bigot who divides the nation rather then unite us.... Who's in it clearly for the power and wealth 😂.
Out of curiosity when they did these race studies, were any other races beyond black and white races tested for stimuli reactions?
Okay, but here's the thing, are those unconscious biases really divorced from reality? How much do these unconscious biases diverge from the statistic probability of a particular individual of a particular racial group actually being a threat relatively to the statistic probability of a given individual from a different racial group? Aren't these racial biases just following what happens in real life anyway, because if so one can't really be rid if these biases, since they are just a reflection of day to day life.
Therefore, while being aware of these biases is important, they don't in themselves demonstrate a "problem" really, that is, its not a "problem" outside specific scenarios. Such as in dealing with the police or being chosen for a job, then the racial bias becomes a Problem, something that is truly harmful, because these are scenarios when impartiality is necessary, on such occasions there should be mechanisms put in place to do away with the consequences of such biases.
Ummm based on these comments I officially don't get what a SJW is anymore. It makes you PC and squeamish to look at scientific studies and say that maybe our lives are affected by our brains? Please someone yell at me cuz I don't get it. What was SJW about this????
Jack Daniel nah, it made sense to me, most people in the u.s. are white, and the people consistently getting abused by the system are black, so these findings are the most relevant
"If the answer has never been to look in yourself than how can you expect to find it anywhere else?"
I'm a white guy. I grew up in a single parent household with a working mother. This is my experience, it shapes the way I view the world. It's the basis of my unconscious bias. The important thing is that I know this. I know I can never have the experience of growing up black, with everything that comes with that. I can empathise, and try to understand but ultimately I cannot have an experiential understanding of what that is like. For me to comment or pretend I have more understanding of that situation than people who have lived it would be the height of arrogance. This is understanding my unconscious bias.
Thank you for this story, we need to do a lot to begin to unpack this issue.
Would you please link to the original studies. some of us would like to learn more about the methodology used in them.
also, did you really build (plagiarise) your entire video solely on this article on rawstories? do you seriously think a topic as faceted and important can be treated like that, just thrown out there without care for scientific accuracy and journalistic integrity?
I have a question. If the confederate flag is racist does that mean that Somalia is a racist nation?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Blue_Flag
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Somalia
its everywhere. ..im a blackman...just yesterday on a new york city subway train this black woman next to me clutched her purse when she saw me...
Question for anyone with legal knowledge: If I went out in full prosthetic make-up fx as a middle aged black man (I'm a middle aged, light skinned Latino), to "test" the racial biases of local police, could I be charged with any crime? Is it considered "lying to an officer" or otherwise criminal to merely LOOK like a black man just to see if I'm treated differently? I've considered doing this experiment and posting videos of it, since I do have the skills to transform myself like this.
Of course others have done this in the past. Though I'm not sure to what extent...
I don't know how people can argue with this.
The ebay study he referred to was flawed. They did not have a control group (no hand) and it was unusual for items being sold (baseball cards) to be shown with any hand at all. Also, they didn't have the same cards being sold by both experimental groups. Basically, this study needs to be corrected and redone before I'd be willing to site it as a source.
Study source: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1934432
So how do you get rid of an unconscious racial bias as an adult?
The same reason that you (hypothetical person) lock your car doors when you see a group of black people walking toward you is the same reason that some cops are quick on the trigger. It's something that is so deeply rooted in society, especially the older generations
Hey Cenk, You are one of the smartest person I have ever bumped into. Thoughtful, rational, honest, and lungful for a fair and just world are just about all I see in you on every issue. You and your team. I try to be this way myself, and when I watch your videos , it always seems as if you are just reading off my mind things I have come up with prior. Much courage.
Dude, we have no idea what happened at Falcon heights.
This type of low key racism is instilled on us by society. If we have more divers casts for television and ads this will get so much better. I was a little girl but i noticed how most of the Disney princesses were white so I thought being white was pretty and I'd want to be white.
I think the lady Cenk is referring to is Jane Elliot
This study is quite old, thanks for diffusing it though. The first step to solving a problem is understanding.
If it's unconscious then it can't be helped.
yes it can because we are socialised into this culture from the moment we are born
make it "original sin" and you got yourself a cult
Whenever someone begins a sentence with "I'm not a racist, but..." there's your racist.
The absurdity about the ignorance of racism is that racism itself is not racist. Anyone can be a racist.
The amount of racist trolls is unreal
That black hand on Ebay study was very flawed, as they were not selling identical items. They did not control for varying card values.
Unconscious bias is a very obvious thing. Not quite sure why there are so many dislikes here. He's just pointing out an obvious phenomena....
especially here.
Why isn't Jayar sitting at the desk with Cenk?
I love how do many commenters are complaining about the claims 'lin this video but no one is actually going beyond that and refuting the research.
Movies is one of the factors that create these biases. The bad guys were almost always a minority back in the day. Movies like Rambo, Commando, Colors, ect. Although I think they are moving forward from that nowadays. Another factor is some parents teaching racism to their kids. Then other people teach each other with racist comments.
This video should be called "We don't know what hypocrisy means".
Holy shit, ATTACK OF THE TROLLS
*runs out his window and returns to playing Pokemon Go rather than deal with TH-cam comments*
"Conservatives think blacks always play the victim... but that's ridiculous, because who wants to be like that!?"
"I think right wingers just like playing the victim..."
Cenk please. Are you serious?
Let's be real here, as human beings, we are hardwired to have a tribal mentality and to gravitate toward those we see as "our people" and away from those we regard "the other." But the thing is, even if this was the case, we do have the ability (thanks to our neo-cortex) to recognize that this exists and do something about it. The fact of the matter is, its better to recognize that 1) racism either implicit or explicit does exist and 2) you have internal biases (if any) and do your best to rectify those faults rather then just dismiss it as "uber-lib" or "SJW" pandering.
Anyone who is " unconscious" is in a coma or is knocked out cold.
I always found the Jane Elliot experiments quite interesting. She has been doing this a long time!
very interesting, thank you Cenk.
1) The phone thing on ebay did not show one for one results, it was a small study with different products and results, not to be taken seriously unless you want to see racism everywhere.
2) Black people are arrested for a crime and he has drugs on him, tyt counts that as a drug related arrest when the crime could be anything + had drugs on them.
3) We are at the point where a micro aggression is racism. ..... I guess he ran out of examples...
Honestly, these are kinda pathetic examples to show that white people are naturally racist.
Oh yeah and thinking white people are naturally racist is also kinda racist... and pitiful.
are the black hoods in america not the most violent scary places?? or has all the drill music ive been listening to lied to me
Did Cenk say Jane Ellison? That was the teacher that did the brown eye/blue eye experiment she's awesome.
True, I unconsciously don't have a lot of black Sims in my Sims4 game.
1:54 I really would have liked to have seen that study done in the reverse as well. I feel pretty certain in my assumption that the results would be the same- that is, that black people would have the same unconscious increase in fear reaction when shown a white face, relative to a black face. Now that could simply be because we are more comfortable around people who are "like us," again not consciously, but subconsciously. but it could also be, and this may even be more likely, that black people, especially today, feel they are persecuted by white men, and are more comfortable around their black brethren because of it. Though I strongly feel it is a significant combination of the two. But agin, I just would have really liked to have seen that opposite study done as well, to get context.
(this is the longest youtube comment I've ever written, but I'd like to hear others' thoughts on it.)
Responding to the title, you BET it is. And it isn't restricted to one race or ethnic group, however much some prefer a comic book world in which one group of people is "the man," who is either riddled with prejudice and obdurate hatred or at best is "clueless," and another, persecuted and subjugated group that is invariably virtuous and in the right. Fact is, human beings, even the best intentioned, are masses of preconception and prejudices. The more thoughtful and empathetic among us manage our prejudices reasonably well by being empathetic, self-aware and self-critical. Unfortunately, empathy and self-awareness of one's own prejudices seems to be in widespread decline.
"I'm not racist, I've got amigdalitis."
So... it's okay to be racist? Thx, Cenk.
The Young Turks should post links to the scientific journal article that is referenced by news and the post commentary.
if you don't believe it exists, you should read. better yet, if you have black friends or coworkers, ask them what it's like to be black in america.
In the case of Tamir Rice the evil cops just didn't care about his life to talk to him about dropping his gun first before shooting him down within 2 seconds.
This title couldn't be more ironic
I have no problem with these stats but I'm interested in any studies that show why some of these instincts exists. I can make many assumptions as to why (social conditioning, skewed media reports, inner city crime stats, tribalism, etc) but what are the real reasons? Maybe TYT can cover that so we could move the conversation closer to why things are like this what we can do about it.
OMG I am low key in love with Cenk. This is right on.. as usual, TYT. Thanks for all you do :)
I thank you for bringing this out and loud. I'm am immigrant from Nigeria with lofty ideals of American without distinguishing between races. It's however shocking initially that some white folks watch me and my black partner suspiciously whenever we were in predominantly white gatherings. My take is that Republicans play the racial divide to perpetrate themselves politically by creating fears of losing dominance or the white privileges to the blacks. It's the same approach in exaggerating external threat of invasion to have a grip on the white folks as the credible Party that can protect nd save America from external invasion. In the 80s, it was the fear of Breznev of Russia or Castro of Cuba. In the 90s, it was Chairman Mao of China, while later in the 2000, it was alQueda, Sadaam and now ISIS.
Thank you for the science!:)
The interesting thing about a lot of these racial bias studies, particularly in hiring studies, is that blacks also who biases against other blacks.
In my opinion the unconscious racial bias is another of the beautiful gifts we got from those literary masterpieces like the Bible , the Torah , the Koran .
Everytime in those books when spoken of something black or dark, it is talking of evil and negative things.
I also think this is the root of racism towards blacks which is prevalent among christians , moslims and jews
If you don't believe that there is unconscious bias, then watch Professor Jane Elliot
This has to do with the fact that belongingness and being part of the in-group are natural human instincts so people that are seen as being from a different tribe are subconsciously seen as being more threatening.
Counter studies have been done on grading, and some teachers will give minority students higher grades if they know they are a minority.
I assume it's not a societally conditioned response like Cenk said as much as an inborn response to faces different than those a baby grows up around. It used to be useful to be suspicious of or aggressive to someone who looked different than you. That person was likely from a different country or tribe and could be a threat. Now people of all races are part of our tribe, but the amygdala response is still there and we (especially those of us with authority and guns) need to be aware of it and fight it. It would be interesting to test adopted kids or kids from mixed families to see how their brains respond to the images.
Theres virtually no reason anyone should downvote this video it is pure mentioning of peer reviewed studies
I'm interested to see what happens if a person of color is brought up in a white family, a white environment, and white culture participates in this study. Would their immediate reaction be fear? This is a fascinating concept.
Man it's not an unconscious. Why don't I have that bias? I grew up in the same society.
If one considers the apparent behavior of various groups of early Homo sapiens as they moved across continents & straits, these results aren't surprising. I don't recall the exact source, but studies of early North American groups strongly indicate that there was a LOT of intertribal conflict between small groups of the early hunter-gatherers. Iirc they've also found indications (or have strongly surmised) that European Neanderthals & Homo sapiens likely fought each other, too.
Tribalism & tribal identity was clearly apparent even between small towns & hamlets in Europe in the 1800's - & still exists to some extent in areas like Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, remote areas of China, Mongolia, & more.
One even sees the human instinct to separate into distinct groups in adolescent behavior, as pre-teens & teens separate themselves into various social groups - the jocks & cheerleaders, the geeks, the Goths, etc.
Prejudice, suspicion & mistreatment of "outsiders" who don't look like members of certain groups is an unfortunate side-effect of human evolution.
Now we need to evolve past that behavior.
Is this the opposite of checking your privilege?
I love the Like/Dislike ratio on videos like this, as well as the comments section.
I totally agree and applaud this effort to help us all see ourselves as we really are. It's time to take off our Rose Colored Glasses and be real. Just because you haven't suffered, it doesn't mean that others haven't. We need to heal one another and get past color, and differences when they aren't of our choosing. The "gene pool lottery winners" didn't do anything to be blessed. They just were. It doesn't make anyone better or worse to have been fortunate, or unfortunate, that's just a fact of life. Come on now, everybody, love one another.
wouldn't it be preferable to refer to it as subconscious bias? Unconscious bias suggests that we can't do much about it or even understand why there is that bias. Doesn't everybody have all types of biases? and aren't they different for everybody? And if the end goal is real change in people's attitudes, then why focus on something you can't change because you're not at all aware of it. It's quite unclear to me what the end goal here is, but maybe I'm overthinking it, maybe this sort of stuff is not meant for me to do anything with, maybe it's only meant to inform people that think that as long as they're not lynching people, they're not racist? Sometimes I forget how retarded most Americans are so you'll have to excuse me for being a bit confused.
Have you looked closely at a butterfly, Cenk? Insects are one of those instinctively-threatening mammalian biases. A better analogy might be that you're more likely to feel threatened by a snake vs. a fluffy baby bunny.
is it just a base instinct we have ?
We can't escape it, but we can make a conscious choice to recognize it. I've learned a lot from meditating on James Baldwin's phrase, "people who believe they are white."
How on earth do you think this is "subconsciously ingrained?" Are there secret backwards messages in our music that when played forwards say "Blacks are Satan...Be afraid..." Surely if there really is someone out there hypnotizing us to hate blacks, we should find them and hang them from a tree.
the daily images in various forms of media
yes. but how did the snake get its reputation. previous acts and behaviors tells us the snake is more dangerous than the butterfly.