Monday, January 23, 2012

race quiz?

In my Issues in America class we took an online quiz that shows any unconscious biased towards other races. I consider myself to be open to all races. I do know that I prefer my own race over other races but I don’t dislike any other races. The results of my quiz were that I prefer white people over blacks. I’m not surprised at all by my results because I know that I feel more comfortable with my race. My bias comes from what I see on the media. I did grow up until high school in an extremely Black and Mexican dominate community where I was the minority, so I did get to meet and learn more about other cultures. I would say that I know enough about that race to back up a little of why I prefer whites over blacks. I got to experience both sides. I grew up in a diverse community and then went to high school in a completely white dominate community and in this white community many of my peers have never really socialized or got to know anyone who isn’t white and I would say all of their judgments are based off of lack of knowledge about another culture. Where I grew up there was a lot of big fights at school with girls and boys, people stole more, there were more threats and more of a struggle to fit in and be accepted. Where I live now it is completely opposite and I feel more at peace and safer where I live. I of Corse do not have any races but I know that I do prefer my own race over others.

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