Hidden Bias

This IAT test was actually very interesting to me. As I was not in the proper environment to actually take the test and get the results that I would be pleased with. There were many times that I made mistakes because I got confused due to the races switching sides on the screen. Anything that has to deal with categorizing things by pressing buttons I'm not that good at, but still believe that my results are not that different to what I actually believe. This test made me realize that there really is no way around the hidden biases we have. There are always those stereotypes and prejudices that we have and like it says on the homepage, http://www.tolerance.org/activity/test-yourself-hidden-bias, we learn them at a young age and they're very hard to get rid of. I think that it is bad to have these certain stereotypes and prejudices but according to the tests we all have hidden biases whether we like it or not. Most people I know around the area would double-check to make sure their car doors were locked in an area they don't know anything about, and I'm not saying that I wouldn't either because I even lock my car when I come into my house to grab something quickly and then leave again. I think that this test makes me realize that during the movie "I Sit Where I Want" many people were scared to sit with different people because it makes them go outside their comfort zone. I do believe that the documentary was really interesting and had a very good point behind it all, but I also think that it's very hard to try and get everyone to change their beliefs so quickly. I think that the group of students should have eased the students into becoming friends with everyone and then they could have sit with different people at lunch on their own. I think that by easing the students into becoming friends with each other first would've been more effective than just trying to jump right into sitting at the same lunch table with people that you don't know.