Hidden Biases

After taking the IAT race test, my results show that I have a slight automatic preference for white people over black people. I was not very surprised by the results because I have taken this kind of test before and I got the same answer as I did the first time. The way the test works, I feel that people are bound to hit the space bar by mistake sometimes which counts for inaccurate results. However, I do feel that this test does grasp the concept of unconscious bias where people don’t realize how they are being prejudice.  After looking at the results and the biases page, I think that many people are prejudice and biases in real life without even knowing it. The page says that people start learning prejudice at age of 3 which bases their views for their life. Hidden biases influence me because the kind of community we live in. Deerfield is not a very diverse community which can sometimes reveal hidden biases in people that live there. Even though people might not say they are prejudice, there is always a little hidden prejudice that people might not even be aware of inside of them.