Are you REALLY racist?

[oagersnap]

Your Result
Your data suggest little to no automatic preference between European American and African American.

So I guess I'm not racist then.
But I agree the test is biased, because you need time to learn a different combination between the words and pictures.
If they try putting black (why isn't that term politically correct, anyway?) people together with the positive words first and vice versa, I think the results will be different.

 

[Phlegmak]

By extension you're saying that African Americans are people who were born in Africa.

That's exactly what I'm saying.

Obviously that's not the most common usage. European American can mean either someone born in Europe and naturalized as a US citizen, or someone born in the US with European ancestry. It might not be your preferred usage, but it's not wrong.

I know. I'm just rebelling against common usage since common usage is wrong.

 

[Phlegmak]

Your Result
Your data suggest little to no automatic preference between European American and African American.

So I guess I'm not racist then.
But I agree the test is biased, because you need time to learn a different combination between the words and pictures.
If they try putting black (why isn't that term politically correct, anyway?) people together with the positive words first and vice versa, I think the results will be different.

My test had blacks + positive words first.

 

[Speedo]

"Your data suggest a slight automatic preference for European American compared to African American."

My gut reaction is that the test is going to be biased in favor of whichever grouping comes first (if it even randomizes them). It's not so much a measure of one's "racism" as it is a measure of easily you can "rewire" your brain when the grouping changes.

 

[oagersnap]

My test had blacks + positive words first.

Really? That's odd. Maybe it is random, in which case it's not that biased anyway.

 

[GinandTonic]

"Your data suggest a slight automatic preference for European American compared to African American."

My gut reaction is that the test is going to be biased in favor of whichever grouping comes first (if it even randomizes them). It's not so much a measure of one's "racism" as it is a measure of easily you can "rewire" your brain when the grouping changes.

That was my thinking as I was taking the test. Train bad+black on one side and good+white on the other four times, then switch it once. Does this show you people secretly think black=bad or that they slowed down when the mechanism inverted?

 

[nivi]

I'm 'slightly' racist.

But then again, according to the tests i'm also 'slightly' anti-semitic.

So whatever...

 

[Speedo]

Really? That's odd. Maybe it is random, in which case it's not biased anyway.

Mine had whites + good words first, so it does randomize then. The test as a whole may not bias the overall results, but I still think that any individual time you take the test you'll bias towards the grouping that came first.

 

[JohnRM]

I am very racist and I won't take the test. Don't need to.

I know that by the commonly accepted definition, that I am racist -- nevermind that I have black people and Puerto Ricans in my family and group of friends. I am told that I am a racist, because I don't want to live in places like Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Los Angeles, and because I want to curb illegal immigration and kick the ones that are here, out. I don't need a test to confirm or deny the common perception of the average person.

 

[pboily]

I took the (wrong) test and it turns out that I apparently make no association between Males/Females and Sciences/Liberal Arts.

 

[Mise]

I think this test is terrible flawed.



I think this is because they switched up the order. Fior instance, I was first asked to press "e" for bad words and "i" for good (those who take the test know what I mean). Then, it was "e" black people and "i" for white people. Then, it did "e" for bad and black, and "i" for good and white. Then, it switched it up with "e" for good and black and "i" for bad and white. Apparently, becuase I was slower at matching up good words with black people then I was at good words with white people, I am moderately racist. However, my delay was caused by the fact that good words were now "e" when they had always been previously "i," and I had to stop my impulse to contniue pressing the same key that I had pressed earlier.

Yeah, it really tests how easily you are conditioned to press two buttons, and how difficult it is to change that conditioning.

Also, for the first time in a long time, I lol'd on the internets, at pboily's post

 

[kuukkeli]

The test as a whole may not bias the overall results, but I still think that any individual time you take the test you'll bias towards the grouping that came first.

I had Black + Good first but my bias was in favor of the White. I think the randomization of items within the group is larger factor than the order of the groupings. Also there's a huge effect in how long (or how effectively) do you focus on the new grouping before continuing to the second part of the test.

 

[ArneHD]

I think the server might be down, because I can't find it.

 

[bigfatron]

I think this test is terrible flawed.

I think this is because they switched up the order. Fior instance, I was first asked to press "e" for bad words and "i" for good (those who take the test know what I mean). Then, it was "e" black people and "i" for white people. Then, it did "e" for bad and black, and "i" for good and white. Then, it switched it up with "e" for good and black and "i" for bad and white. Apparently, becuase I was slower at matching up good words with black people then I was at good words with white people, I am moderately racist. However, my delay was caused by the fact that good words were now "e" when they had always been previously "i," and I had to stop my impulse to contniue pressing the same key that I had pressed earlier.

Same for me - I am not terribly well physically coordinated so had really just got the hang of "good = i" when they switched the damn thing on me! Result was hopeless confusion...

 

[Nylan]

I am very racist and I won't take the test. Don't need to.

I know that by the commonly accepted definition, that I am racist -- nevermind that I have black people and Puerto Ricans in my family and group of friends. I am told that I am a racist, because I don't want to live in places like Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Los Angeles, and because I want to curb illegal immigration and kick the ones that are here, out. I don't need a test to confirm or deny the common perception of the average person.

I wouldn't call it racism. It seems to be more a hatred of a particular culture than the race itself.

 

[Swedishguy]

I tried to access the link in the OP, but my computer gave me a "säkerhetsvarning" so I won't vote.

 

[Zarn]

I'm not racist, and I won't take the test. I don't need a test to know I am not.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

"I have a slight automatic preference for European American compared to African American."

Which is what I expected really. Thanks 'e' and 'i' keys for sorting that out.

 

[Virote_Considon]

If they try putting black (why isn't that term politically correct, anyway?) people together with the positive words first and vice versa, I think the results will be different.

Mine had it that way around, and I got strong preference for European Americans. I think the order things come out seems to "help" (I found that a lot, I was either having to press i-e-i-e-i-e, or i-i-i-i-i/e-e-e-e-e)

 

[Taliesin]

Also, according to one of the other tests, I have a moderate preference for George W. Bush over Abraham Lincoln.