How much does race enter into our decisions? Nicholas Kristof's column in today's NY Times explores how people are seen as "more" American than others based on their appearance. The study
"found that the research subjects — Californian college students, many of them Democrats supportive of Mr. Obama — unconsciously perceived him as less American even than the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair."
I tried both of the tests mentioned in the column, and you can by going here or here. My result from the Harvard's Project Implicit are above. Below are my final statistics from the University of Chicago's "Shooter Effect" test.
Game Over
Your Score: 545
Average reaction time:
Black Armed:641.4ms
Black Unarmed:802.8ms
White Armed:637.32ms
White Unarmed:676.32ms
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