In this episode of Delusional Optimism, Dr. B dives deep into the meaning of implicit bias and the Harvard Implicit Bias Test. She shares her experience with taking the test thrice, the different results she obtained each time and Harvard’s response to her results.
Listen in to learn the difference between implicit bias and explicit bias in both white and black people. You will also learn the importance of taking the implicit test and the individual steps you need to take to continue building a just system for all.
“We do have some work to do, but it doesn’t have to be bad, it doesn’t have to be hard, it just has to be done in order for all to live in a country where there’s justice.” [26:58]
What You Will Learn:
- [0:32] Intro
- [2:34] The Harvard Implicit Bias Test. Dr. B shares her results in taking it thrice and the different scores she got.
- [8:40] The importance of knowing what your implicit bias responses are because it predicts behavior.
- [9:00] Harvard’s response to Dr. B after she wrote to them about her varied test results.
- [11:30] Why research shows that black people prefer explicit bias rather than implicit bias due to its honesty which is the complete opposite of what white people want.
- [14:11] Why you need to take the Implicit Assessment test not only for black and white people but for other groups and take it more than 3 times.
- [15:22] The importance of setting up an affinity group.
- [17:04] Why you need to practice this test and retrain your brain to be less biased towards a certain group which will in turn train your behavior to be more aware.
- [18:03] Read books about racism- the history of the burned down and mass graves in Greenwood village, Oklahoma that was done by a white mob.
- [21:44] The need for redistribution and reorganization of how the system was set up to make it fairer.
- [23:55] Learn to ask questions and get answers from real black people while integrating with them.
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