How Racist Am I?

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  • Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024

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  • @Vox
    @Vox  3 года назад +1927

    This season, Glad You Asked explores how racial injustice impacts our everyday lives. Look out for new episodes every day this week. And catch up on previous episodes of Glad You Asked here: bit.ly/3qJ4M5y
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    • @WhiskeyFiend
      @WhiskeyFiend 2 года назад +3

      Why is vox content trash?

    • @souvikgoswami746
      @souvikgoswami746 2 года назад

      @@WhiskeyFiend cause they treat natural things as Paranormal Activity. It's natural to prefer someone related to you in any sort of form.

    • @brettalexander220
      @brettalexander220 2 года назад

      @@WhiskeyFiend because they will never be real women

    • @ddezone0877
      @ddezone0877 Год назад

      I am from India and I have brown skin colour my race is coloured aur mix race

    • @ddezone0877
      @ddezone0877 Год назад

      I don't promote racism I want to end it I
      am brown Indian my race is coloured or mixed .there is only one solution of racism take Sel from white people and don't do your biological children through IVF or ICSI injection . Through artificial insemination there is 50% chance please forgive me if you feel bad but complexion cannot be changed afterwards

  • @FromThaJump
    @FromThaJump 3 года назад +60809

    Black people can be racist, white people can be racist, hispanics can be racist, asians can be racist, russians can be racist, australians can be racist, anyone can be racist.
    This DOES NOT MEAN that we are all racist. It doesn't even mean we are all slightly racist. It means racism exists, and anyone can experience it.

    • @dexx0272
      @dexx0272 2 года назад +11

      61k likes baby

    • @angeek1879
      @angeek1879 2 года назад +1

      I am honestly confused bcs I even know if I am racist I dont think I am but Im so worried that I am I went to google to see if I could find an answer

    • @l0v3lyniaa
      @l0v3lyniaa Год назад

      bro spittin facts .

    • @lovesupreme1
      @lovesupreme1 Год назад

      Truth

    • @aaronblackmon5520
      @aaronblackmon5520 Год назад +5

      Black people cannot be racist. You saying it doesn’t make it true ❤

  • @samsam2235
    @samsam2235 3 года назад +32359

    Bias and prejudice are part of the human nature. But it's our actions that define us.

    • @It-b-Blair
      @It-b-Blair Год назад +6

      I beg to differ, prejudice is taught. It’s so ingrained in our societies that we learn it so young that some perceive it as implicit, yet it is not our nature.

  • @Jack-xd1bd
    @Jack-xd1bd 3 года назад +19974

    I always find it disheartening when I hear someone say they need to "shut up and listen" or that "I'm not qualified to talk about race." Diversity in thought is important because everyone's racial experience is different.

    • @CrazyBunny444
      @CrazyBunny444 2 года назад +1

      E

    • @alsa4real
      @alsa4real 2 года назад +1

      DAS

    • @reubennichols644
      @reubennichols644 Год назад +2

      -
      Very little . . . to . . . N O T H I N G
      solved // nor // resolved with this video
      on the problematic issue of R A C E
      relations in the U . S . A . . However . . .
      . . . let us " " good - folks " " keep doing
      the right thing by continuing to being
      open to dialogue // conversation . . .
      . . . which includes . . . listening .
      " " " Evil Flourishes When Good
      - People Do Nothing . " " "
      How ' s that for " " Corn - Ball " " ? ?
      -
      ---- Amen Jack . A M E N .
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    • @slajmy
      @slajmy Год назад +4

      @@reubennichols644 tf

    • @reubennichols644
      @reubennichols644 Год назад +1

      @@slajmy
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      (( ? ? )) -- " " t f " " -- (( ? ? )) .
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  • @Minizorg
    @Minizorg 3 года назад +3323

    So, I don't understand one thing... Why is having racial preferences in dating racist?
    For me it's like saying that having a preference for skinny people is fatphobic, just doesn't make that much sense in my head.

    • @moodu.m.a1888
      @moodu.m.a1888 2 года назад +7

      Because race doesn’t really fit like weight or the other “boxes” it’s not something really changeable and by decideing to exclude an entire group based on unchangable factors or something, but I’m just a person so idk

    • @Karkan25
      @Karkan25 2 года назад +12

      You can always lose weight or gain muscle but you can never change your race.

    • @MsTifalicious
      @MsTifalicious 2 года назад

      rAcIsT

    • @MsTifalicious
      @MsTifalicious 2 года назад +1

      @@moodu.m.a1888 I like people with peach complexion, they can change it and tan, sooooooo your argument is invalid

    • @MsTifalicious
      @MsTifalicious 2 года назад +9

      @@Karkan25 And? What if I don't like your culture? Am I forced to date you? Live my whole entire life with someone in not attracted to, so I don't get called A WORD?!? oh shut it. Both of you

  • @alekseiloboda2553
    @alekseiloboda2553 3 года назад +4987

    As a Russian I'd like to highlight that there are few things that are totally OK to kill in western movies and video games:
    1.Undead nazi zombies
    2.Genocidal aliens from outer space
    3.Russians
    I'm not really angry about that, but looks kinda hypocritical tbh.

    • @HiAdrian
      @HiAdrian 3 года назад +1251

      Yes, the Germans and the Russians always made for popular movie villains, for obvious historic reasons.

    • @Akka992
      @Akka992 2 года назад +3

      @@HiAdrian But it’s not like historically Britain isn’t evil or United States isn’t, they love to use media to highlight the evils of other nations but not their own.

    • @HiAdrian
      @HiAdrian 2 года назад +2

      @@Akka992 Right, no disagreement there.

    • @januszholanki4790
      @januszholanki4790 Год назад +3

      :) I think you should know why opt. Nr 3 is so totally okay

    • @darthherohito
      @darthherohito Год назад +7

      It aged well.

  • @veerysmoothie
    @veerysmoothie 3 года назад +11709

    the editing is quite odd, especially during the card game. the stories were randomly cut off and i wanted to understand the participants :/

  • @fernandoalt3822
    @fernandoalt3822 3 года назад +6308

    I wanted to get into this video/series but it’s hard to relate to Vox employees who live in the bubble of New York. I would prefer to see how joe six pack and middle America thinks about racism. The lack of diversity, in the cast also factored, we keep talking about a black and white differences but neglect the Asian/Hispanic/Jewish/Arab/ME perspective.

    • @smarmar400
      @smarmar400 Год назад +2

      I wanted to see a wider range of ages/generation groups, not just within the 20-something Vox staff who all pretty much share the same stances on the subject.

  • @TacticalCruise
    @TacticalCruise 3 года назад +5731

    With Every video VOX is seeming more and more like BuzzFeed

    • @jellybeansi
      @jellybeansi Год назад +1

      Buzzfeed News (not Buzzfeed, there is a difference) has done some outstanding journalism. This is not the low-hanging-fruit criticism you think it is.

  • @jelkrette1955
    @jelkrette1955 3 года назад +1522

    I don't think dating biases are racist. I mean we think it's normal for people to like a specific hair colour so why do you think that skin colour is any different than any other trade?

    • @revolutionarycomrade
      @revolutionarycomrade 3 года назад +304

      When someone asks you on a date, and you say no because of the color of their skin, you’re racist. I don’t care how you try to minimize and diminish your hateful thought processes; you’re racist.

    • @Jay-ho9io
      @Jay-ho9io 3 года назад +190

      Look at how the preferences articulated and the assumptions that articulation is based off of and you will often, in fact overwhelmingly find that the root causes of those assumptions and preferences are based on negative stereotypes.
      THAT'S how it's different.

    • @someverycool4552
      @someverycool4552 2 года назад

      @@Jay-ho9io
      How are they often articulated then? What kind of negative stereotypes?

    • @milansvancara
      @milansvancara Год назад

      Exactly, moreover you tend to judge beauty according to people you meet and see in childhood. Should you make your child see the same number of people of every race? It's muchmore racist to think like that than to not...

  • @dillonclay1172
    @dillonclay1172 3 года назад +4863

    “It’s naive to think that you wouldn’t have taken part in historical atrocities once considered normal if you embrace all the trendy ideas of today.”
    -Ayishat Akanbi

  • @CaetanoSauer
    @CaetanoSauer 3 года назад +11880

    This would have been more interesting if the conversation would have involved people who disagree with each other, and they would have actually argued on the points of contention.

    • @pap_e7389
      @pap_e7389 2 года назад

      They trying to eliminate back and forth conversations in this new age of world order

    • @himesilva
      @himesilva 2 года назад +11

      Ikr, but find a white person who would be willing to put themselves out there potentially get flamed on the internet fo asking the wrong question

  • @justinpedersen9174
    @justinpedersen9174 3 года назад +1940

    7:19 Please can you show any research on this that backs that up? The things I've been able to find show its predominantly white villains, so much so that you could argue there's not enough representation of other races in that role.

  • @brandonw2471
    @brandonw2471 3 года назад +7582

    I know it's a popular editing style to do quicker cuts and shift between different people taking. It can make the video more engaging and dynamic. But in the section that starts around 6:32, I really think it would have been much better to slow down and include enough of everyone's explanation so that the audience can understand the gist of what happened. In other words, the editor can have a bit more faith in the audience's attention span.

  • @Goyanks28
    @Goyanks28 3 года назад +7240

    I’m a black Hispanic and I have my biases and acknowledge them. That being said it’s my job to work on them and treat all human beings with kindness, dignity, and respect regardless of how they look, what they believe in and who they’re attracted to sexually.

  • @jackdanielson1997
    @jackdanielson1997 3 года назад +1408

    I think a big problem that is overlooked is how we create our own identity. Growing up white in America, I never had a sense that my whiteness was my identity. I did learn very early about racism though. I was in a poor, predominantly black neighborhood, and I was bullied, chased, and beaten up nearly everyday because I was white. I was called many derogatory racist names and my brother almost died after getting jumped by at least 5 black dudes who continued to stomp on his head while he was already on the ground.
    Yet, somehow I still looked to black culture for inspiration. My role models were 2pac and Michael Jordan and I loved rap music and thought black culture was "cool". I think I was able to look up to the same "group" that was holding me down in my childhood because I didn't have an identity with my whiteness. It just happened to be the case that I was regularly harassed and assaulted by black people and just so happened that inspirational figures in my life were also black.
    I truly believe the more we focus on our differences and see things as either racist or not, we will just become more divided.

    • @TimRubel
      @TimRubel Год назад +2

      You related to these men becuase of their the troubles they over came and the success they reached. Good for you !

    • @lovesupreme1
      @lovesupreme1 Год назад

      Yeah i had a rough time working in LA construction. The Guatemalans out there don’t really care for a pale red head. I can tell you countless times I’ve seen racism from Hispanics towards white and the other way around. Even Asians a little bit. But not once have i seen anyone be racist towards a black man. I really think they are the less ones to have racism happen to them. I mean nobody would ever do that to a black man. But they make us think it’s all in disguise like we’re children that still believe in Santa clause. It’s amazing how many people fall for it. Just amazing

  • @porsche911sbs
    @porsche911sbs 3 года назад +2254

    I'd like to see the IAT test bias between attractive people and ugly people. I suspect that bias may be stronger and more widespread than any having to do with race.

  • @sudano9958
    @sudano9958 3 года назад +155

    As a society we're beginning to dangerously re-define bias as racism. Anyone's ignorance, inability, or mistake to not connect deeply to another person's experience is not racist. We can encourage and educate that it's in one's benefit to do so but we can't force or demand the thought police to act. Let's talk about respecting one another and take action to correct wrongs. The other stuff will come.

  • @augusths243
    @augusths243 3 года назад +774

    I think that saying race preferences in dating is racist is madness, you wouldnt say that a gay man is sexist. You love who you love, thats just how it is

  • @danielcraft1971
    @danielcraft1971 3 года назад +725

    A very American centric test aimed at American biases and mentality, not sure if this would be even remotely a valid test anywhere else in the world.

  • @chishionotenshi
    @chishionotenshi 3 года назад +2586

    I feel like longer cuts of the conversations would be more beneficial than slapping three different exercises into just one episode. It felt like nobody was given enough time to explore anything.

  • @thomas_tk330
    @thomas_tk330 3 года назад +709

    I like nice people. If anyone appreciates my company enough to want to spend time with me, I couldn't care less about the color of their skin, or any other physical trait they might have.

  • @8000RPM.
    @8000RPM. 3 года назад +389

    If you are honestly asking yourself, "am I racist", you probably are not...

    • @melkerr8316
      @melkerr8316 3 года назад +100

      Not a true statement. You are just not being honest with yourself

    • @brettalexander220
      @brettalexander220 2 года назад +1

      I am, and proud of it.

  • @lukejohnson6623
    @lukejohnson6623 3 года назад +815

    Bias is part of the human condition, everyone has bias all you have to do is just recognize that when it comes to stuff where it may matter.

  • @veryblocky
    @veryblocky 3 года назад +602

    The bit with the cards was way too fast paced, you should’ve reduced the number of cuts and showed the stories in full

  • @ShadowZZZ
    @ShadowZZZ 3 года назад +66

    Having prefrences doesnt make you racist. Being prejudiced or thinking they deserve less does.

  • @Lorentari
    @Lorentari 3 года назад +403

    Let's not get pedantic here:
    Being a kid and saying that someone else's food smells funny is not racist. That is just a kid expressing that a smell is new and foreign to them
    (As an adult - yes... That would be rude, and probably racist, because you have the vocabulary and experience to express your curriosity in a better way.)

    • @brettalexander220
      @brettalexander220 2 года назад

      Whats rude is them bringing their 3rd world slop around me.

  • @davidonfim2381
    @davidonfim2381 3 года назад +94

    I don't think this approach is useful. Trying to find where the blame should be placed, debating whether individuals are racists or not, talking about how whites have had it better than non-whites, and telling people to reflect their own behaviors to try to individually "do their part" to end racism is just not going to lead to anything.
    For some people, it's going to be counterproductive- this kind of blaming and guilt-tripping is going to make some people offended and angry because they feel attacked, and it leads to resentment and just negative feelings towards the whole situation (towards non-whites, towards talk about ending racism, towards everything associated with these issues).
    For other people (the target audience), all that these kinds of things lead to is feeling guilty or angry, and confused. They'll take everything to heart and try to make individual changes in their life, but what those behaviors end up being will be inconsistent and unpredictable. Many people will just do things that may be a net negative rather than a positive.
    For all people, this kind of approach just leads people to become even MORE race conscious and to constantly be thinking about how people differ based on race/etc. It leads to paranoia and brings out all of the cognitive biases (including what's possibly the worst one in this context- confirmation bias), which just serves to muddle everyone's thinking and stir up all kinds of emotions.
    So I think that this kind of blaming, guilt-tripping, and extremely vague and individualistic approach doesn't work, because all it does is to promote emotional and biased thinking. A much better approach would be to talk about SPECIFIC problems and actions that need to be addressed, and not make it all about race (or gender, or sexual orientation, or or or...). We don't need to talk a bout these groups one by one and in isolation. We can talk about, for example, how to make the hiring process more fair and unbiased in ALL respects- by simply not asking about or redacting people's personal information, such as their age, name, and address. We can also do things like tell candidates that the interview will be informal, so they don't need to buy fancy clothes (which are too expensive for some, and employers can use to discriminate against people). There are countless other things that we can do to try to make sure everyone is being evaluated just on their abilities/skills rather than on their age, sex, gender, race, personality, what they happened to be wearing during the interview, etc. It's these kinds of SPECIFIC issues and solutions that lead to positive change and to a better society, not trying to blame or guilt people, stirring up emotions, and vague and ambiguous calls for reflection and change.

    • @revolutionarycomrade
      @revolutionarycomrade 3 года назад +8

      That’s a lot of words to say ‘you won’t stop me from being racist, I’m fucking stupid!!’

    • @lucasbrown212
      @lucasbrown212 3 года назад +12

      I see where you’re coming from but disagree to some extent. Most of the “specific” problems you mention developed as a result of overt or unconscious bias. Why are job candidates with whiter names more likely to be hired than candidates with non-white names? Because we all have some level of deeply held unconscious bias. And the whole thing with unconscious bias is that we don’t know it’s there. Talking about it openly and reflecting provides the opportunity for people to actively recognize and counter their own unconscious bias. For example a hiring manager can actively think about what biases they may have regarding candidate’s names and ensure this does not impact their decision making.
      I don’t agree that this approach is all about blame, but I do think it’s useful to consider historical context. Currently, white households in the US have 10x the wealth on average compared to Black households. That sort of disparity was created by very deliberate historical actions and measures. And when we address it, we have to consider that fact.

  • @SjWhit
    @SjWhit 3 года назад +268

    Sadly, those that need to see this most, won't be watching this.

  • @andrewokenyi3271
    @andrewokenyi3271 3 года назад +179

    I feel pretty let down by this video. Racism is a hard topic to grapple with but I don't think I learned anything about how racist (or not racist) different communities or individuals generally are, how racism manifests itself and maybe how it has changed historically or geographically. I just don't think this video really moved the discussion forward or helped people to develop a holistic framework in which to understand race and racism at a micro and macro level. Maybe that's for later in the season...

  • @ujjwalreal
    @ujjwalreal 3 года назад +174

    I am sorry, but that IAT test is quite garbage, extremely faulty in its logic

  • @vex_ahlia7
    @vex_ahlia7 3 года назад +96

    There are way too many unnecessary cuts in this video. Just let me watch 2 min without cutting to an entirely different thing!

  • @nico220790
    @nico220790 3 года назад +56

    Definition is very important. As long as we aren't consistent on that, there is no way of discussing the topics constructively.
    The definitions I use in the racism-debate:
    - Discrimination: Categorising people based on certain characteristics (we do it all the time... schools, clubs, family, ... it's everywhere)
    - Racism: Discriminating people based on race and believing your race is more valuable/better than the others.
    - Antisemitism: Is discrimination based on religion, specifically related to jews, by believing your belief is more valuable than the jewish people.
    - Stereotypes: Concepts of discrimination based on personal experiences (believing all tigers are dangerous.. is a stereotype about tigers)
    - Bias: Unconscious acts that are heavily influenced by our personal stereotypes (it's normal te be a little nervous when you walk by a tiger)
    We should keep in mind that bias and stereotypes are tools for survival in nature and society.
    They helped us survive in the past and will in the future. What we need to do, is learn to work with it so emotional-bias can better match objective-truths.
    Discrimination, stereotypes and bias are mainly about survival while racism and antisemitism are mainly based on "who is better?" emotionally.
    It could be interesting to see how others define these words.

  • @saraa.4295
    @saraa.4295 3 года назад +664

    There is a kinda "test" i try to do within my mind whenever i judge, react, analyse a situation: i try to imagine the same situation with different pople filling the roles, and see if my judgementvremains the same...

  • @Oldo
    @Oldo 3 года назад +130

    The problem with Vox is I feel overwhelmingly like I'm being marketed to, from it's glossy finish to it's hip topics I just can't get past it and the phenomenally beautiful journalists, I really wish there was more realism so I could take it seriously again.

  • @NileshKumar-nr2vj
    @NileshKumar-nr2vj 3 года назад +19

    Regarding Dr. Nilanjana Dasgupta, from Massachusetts (she's obviously Indian American)
    I could tell from her surname that she is upper caste Hindu Begali Brahmin. Brahmims are 4% of Indian population and they are hugely over represented everywhere. They inflict caste persecution and perpetuate untouchability towards lower caste people. Just to get a picture, more than 50% supreme Court judges since independence have been Brahmins and our courts here has always been very pro caste privilege. Upper caste Brahims and rest other upper castes constitute all left right and centre spectrum, no one else has space, even the communist Party has zero representation of Dalits (lower caste, untouchable) . 95% marriages happen in same caste in India still upper caste would say "Oh caste is a thing of past". Even when they migrate to west they take their caste with them even second or third generation, practice it there. Say for example Mindy Kailing once tweeted, ''He's cute but different caste" And when these people go to west they talk about racism, brown representation and what not. It's the most hypocritical thing ever. They behave here as if caste doesn't exist. Yet caste is everywhere. Another picture I want to create about caste. More than 90% news media space both print and satellite is upper caste Hindu, and upper caste is only 15% of our population. More than 90% film character in India are upper caste. And the ones lower caste to ever get represented they have to have a movie made on them as some murder mystery or something. Like Mississippi burning. And the character would be played by light skinned upper caste...
    I mean I can just go and on.. This hypocrisy of upper caste intellectuals in west just enrages me having to be subjected and facing and fighting against caste on daily basis, making through newspapers alive, and sound minded everyday

  • @derrick.6649
    @derrick.6649 3 года назад +289

    This channel is just so interesting. I pray it will never turn into buzzfeed
    Also can we take a second to appreciate them putting themselves out there like this.

  • @ayomideo7363
    @ayomideo7363 3 года назад +303

    This was very insightful. I personally feel that everyone has the capacity to be racist. There are certain stereotypical ideas we have all had about a certain group/type of people, we all at one point have thought, said, done or joked about something racist. The important thing is to be self aware and acknowledge when you're wrong and make sure to take the time to learn so you can be better.

  • @harrisons62
    @harrisons62 3 года назад +48

    Some of these things aren’t even racism, it’s the intent behind your actions which determines if it is racist or not.

  • @indigenousamerican3148
    @indigenousamerican3148 3 года назад +87

    We all have our biases, and maybe always will to a degree. But we can work on it, having friends of a different race helps immensely. Thats what personally has helped me.

  • @jorgeub27
    @jorgeub27 3 года назад +46

    Just judge people by their character not by the way they look and you will be fine

  • @extrules
    @extrules 3 года назад +117

    When I was growing up in Idaho, maybe 7 or 8 years old, there was only 2 black girls in my year, Selina and Desiree. I wanted desperately to be friends with them, but I have ADHD and aspergers, and I was very obnoxious and weird. I remember hoping they would like me because we were all somehow different from the other kids, but they didn't. In fact, (and this is just because I was annoying them, I'm aware) they were sometimes my meanest bullies.
    I came to realize that Selina and Dezi were the coolest, most popular and confident girls in our class. The few black boys at my schools were sports stars, academic decathlon winners, or popular for other reasons that I didn't understand. For a long time, I was confused about the dueling nature of these kids being extremely popular and also enduring racism, and my social circle in my youth didn't include bpoc because I simply wasn't popular enough to hang out with them.
    After leaving Idaho, I learned about tokenism, and that made sense, but my personal implicit bias now is one of intimidation. I grew up not thinking, but *knowing* that bpoc were better than me, and I, a fat white "special ed" girl who shaked her hands and cried at the fire bell, wasn't worthy to talk to them. I am terrified of black people. Thats because I associate them with popularity, coolness and rejection.
    But thats racism too! Its stereotyping. Just because it seemed true when I was little, doesn't mean that there are no awkward black people. Black people can have adhd and aspergers too, and they can be weird and awkward and funny and unpopular and sad and lonely too. The black kids bullied me, sure, but so did the white kids. There just weren't any poc in the special ed class. Everyone can examine their biases and find ways to re-humanize the people we see as "other". Anyway, here's to maybe having a black friend someday!

  • @babananabanana9163
    @babananabanana9163 3 года назад +72

    JUST TELL THEM NICELY that you're uncomfortable with their joke or when they're stereotyping certain races.
    COMMUNICATION is the KEY !!!

    • @babananabanana9163
      @babananabanana9163 3 года назад +17

      unless you're dealing with a dork then whatever you say wont get through, leave them be. Until they're threaten you with violence, then you can RUN to the nearest police station.

  • @j_hafe.
    @j_hafe. 3 года назад +117

    DONT USE HIGHLIGHTER IN AN OLD BOOK!!! I'm a librarian and that instance was torture! The rest of the article was very interesting.

    • @JH-sp1jh
      @JH-sp1jh 3 года назад +25

      Don't you think they use styled props for this? I mean, originals are expensive and production budgets might not be that large

    • @Nebula.
      @Nebula. 3 года назад +30

      Lol I was watching this next to my 4 year old and he got so mad about that too!! Started screaming about how books are not supposed to be written on... I totally agree

  • @1hinita
    @1hinita Год назад +1

    2:00-2:03 when she closed the door on the puppy, i could only imagine the loneliness he might have felt in that moment after the door closed. you could just see him thinking as the door closes. dogs are such a gift mannn; anyway im about to finish the video lol

  • @TheManbeastmike
    @TheManbeastmike 3 года назад +56

    I grew up in NYC moved to NC where my middle school was mostly white then moved back to NY and my high school was 90% black. I've been in both worlds yet I still have biases...

  • @JohnHB
    @JohnHB 3 года назад +190

    I was trying to think of a contributing statement to add the to conversation and then I heard, “You have to learn to pay attention to those signals and then actually change your behaviour” - Perfect final statement.

  • @fijit4
    @fijit4 3 года назад +72

    I want to see the research that proves that this test isn't just testing reflexes. I've taken them before. You train your reflexes in a racist way (non-marginalized group good, marginalized group bad) and then flip the sides and expect that it means something more than a difficulty to adjust your reflexes.
    I tried two tests, one starting with white good and the other starting with black good. Both tests told me I was biased against the second group that was shown, even though the previous test said the opposite. Take these tests with a grain of salt.

  • @montithered4741
    @montithered4741 3 года назад +154

    “I’m more biased than I realize.”
    We all need to be saying this.

  • @oscaralejandrotorresaguila5886
    @oscaralejandrotorresaguila5886 3 года назад +280

    IMO, it’s human to have a bias to people like you. But the problem is when people treat other people different bc of how they are. I know how my bias is towards Hispanics and whites, and I’m going to work to get rid of them. Everybody needs to be treated the same, and every kind of hate is not good

  • @DenTitse
    @DenTitse 3 года назад +59

    Here in Belgium a lot of people have a bias against the north and south part of the country (Flanders and Wallonie). A lot of Flanders people have a massive bias against the Muslim community. I don't consider myself racist in any way, but somewhat bias. You've touched a nice talking point! Will be happy to see more like this

    • @bri1085
      @bri1085 3 года назад +5

      Are you related to Jan?

  • @jessisepic8157
    @jessisepic8157 3 года назад +61

    I find myself preferring to be around my own race because I don't want to accidentally say something racist and offend the other person, most likely because I grew up only around people of my own race. I think that even this is a problem but it's going to take a while to fix it.

  • @ivoryandcat
    @ivoryandcat 2 года назад +1

    When the question of, first discussion of race in the family was asked I had to stop and think about it. I'm 46 years old and I don't think there has ever really been a discussion of race in my larger family group. I have talked to my children about it, but I was never talked to about it because my family is extremely mixed in terms of race. We have a little of everything. I am white, and my mother is white, but one of my siblings is mixed, and all of my cousins are mixed, all of my siblings and cousins have had mixed children, my mother's partner of over 30 years is not white, his children are also mixed and in mixed race relationships. It was just never something that we talked about.
    I know that my family consists of many different ethnicities, but they are just my family. I think it makes me more empathetic to people who are not my same ethnicity, because to me they aren't some black, or Asian, or middle Eastern person, they are just, my family, the same as all of the people of those races who are related to me.

  • @frank-gavinmoratalla7942
    @frank-gavinmoratalla7942 3 года назад +47

    Such a great video!!
    Maybe I missed something,
    but if your bias score can change
    from one day to the next, how
    is it a reliable research tool?
    And I don’t think interviews
    would be effective because
    the interviewee would edit
    there responses in order to
    not be perceived negatively
    by the interviewer, I don’t think
    there’s a measurable way to
    accurately record biases.

  • @oleksandrkrasivskyi4916
    @oleksandrkrasivskyi4916 3 года назад +52

    ok, someone has to say the obvious thing. Most of the statements in this video are so vague and uncertain that I cannot even disagree with something in particular. What I can say is that it's a part of human psychology to identify itself to something that looks like it. That means that if I'm white I'm more into white people and the same works with other races if we talk about this subconscious choice. You guys are trying to change the law of nature, well good luck with it, but don't be embarrassed when most of the people just reject what you offer

  • @auwenorande6488
    @auwenorande6488 3 года назад +54

    As a guy who lives in a country where race is not much talked about, it is just really mind-blowing to think that there are these implicit biases that we just let slide. An example would be the prevailing skin whitening market here in the Asia-Pacific. I ask myself, "Does the preference of the people to make their skin lighter adds up to Racism?" The answer is actually equivocal. If you put it in the cultural context of the Philippines, the answer would be "No." Some would argue that it's just a personal preference. Well, it is. (and so is Racism) But it's hard to talk about it here since race is not much of a factor. The factor would be Colorism. But if you put it in a global context, my answer would be, yes. Colorism however is a dangerous ground because this makes us complicit to the sensationalized idea of lighter skin as the standard skin tone. In my country, the Philippines, I think this one can be considered as an implicit bias. And I think by knowing these implicit biases that we have, we should be able to start correcting these. Because little did we know, that in a larger scale, these individual biases that we have are happening in a larger scale.

  • @Celis.C
    @Celis.C 3 года назад +173

    Could you do a similar video on gender roles? Because I feel that biases towards those are intertwined with racial bias.

  • @karthikms
    @karthikms 3 года назад +48

    What about complexion? People in countries like India are biased towards the lighter shade of skin. Sometimes mothers want their daughter's skin to look "fairer". Can this be defined as racism as well?

    • @HiAdrian
      @HiAdrian 3 года назад +33

      Often the term "colorism" is used for such scenarios.

  • @regzzuse280
    @regzzuse280 22 дня назад +1

    Remember, it saves lives.

  • @simonparkes8975
    @simonparkes8975 3 года назад +150

    When it comes to most controversial issues and stuff like that, I'd like to know the background and get information on the situation imo

  • @driverman8615
    @driverman8615 3 года назад +142

    When a person can look and think of another person (male or female black or white) as there true friend. It will change. Things are the way they are because we think they are!

    • @KRYMauL
      @KRYMauL 3 года назад +24

      So, asian's are being targeted then. Great, good to know.

  • @smellthedailyfresh
    @smellthedailyfresh 3 года назад +49

    It bothers me when you guys deface books and magazines. Why is she highlighting a page in a vintage book? Another video, they were cutting up vintage magazines from the 1990s. Stop with that.

    • @Thereviewer-lg6yr
      @Thereviewer-lg6yr 3 года назад +6

      afaik they're highlighting & cutting up photocopies of them

  • @pizzadogma
    @pizzadogma 3 года назад +32

    Wish there were more races represented

  • @jonathonterrell2329
    @jonathonterrell2329 3 года назад +36

    As a white male growing up in a racist family in Alabama, I had to ask myself when I watched George Floyd be murdered, am I racist. Glad to see others having the conversation to make it easier for people like me to do the same.

  • @rob5541
    @rob5541 3 года назад +28

    My implicit bias towards attractive women made me watch this twice

  • @yvningsiren
    @yvningsiren 3 года назад +30

    "I wish that I could end this episode and say I've learned that I have this specific bias against this group of people and I can be more mindful of that. That might be easier." I feel like though... it's not. It's actually much harder to admit that, not to oneself, but to an audience. It's embarrassing, and shameful. So no one really says it, and no one admits to any of that in this video, which I completely understand. But that is the first step in doing EVERYTHING that is encouraged in this video. To bring more to the table, to examine and dismantle your own implicit bias, you HAVE to know exactly who you are biased against, register that, and actively work to fix it. If you don't, then it's just a lot of talking, and not a lot of doing. It's an ugly, embarrassing process, but one that is absolutely essential. Bias against Asian people, Black people, Latinx/Mestizo people, etc. Those need to be attacked from the inside, and the outside. Challenge not only yourself, but the people around you to do the same. See color, and what it means to you. (White privilege, to me, is also wanting to- and being absolutely able to- not see color.)

  • @brandonbuddle9307
    @brandonbuddle9307 2 года назад +1

    Having racial preferences is not racist that's personal preference.

  • @stanyoung3671
    @stanyoung3671 3 года назад +81

    I think everyone is racist in some way, to some extent. And that is normal cause we are all humans and we all have our own preferences. But as educated adults, think, if not twice, before you act. That subconscious, that implicit biases, might actually get some innocent people killed. Take a deep breath before you make the decision. And make the decision as a civilized person.

  • @huntermcclovio4517
    @huntermcclovio4517 2 года назад

    I didn't learn or know racism until I came to the US. I have always look at anyone as equal to myself.

    • @zaiah8665
      @zaiah8665 2 года назад

      I don’t like non-whites

  • @bo-dg3bh
    @bo-dg3bh 2 года назад +1

    I'm pretty sure most people who are racist don't realize it.

  • @gushernandez67
    @gushernandez67 3 года назад +10

    Can't we just get along

  • @dersinier
    @dersinier 3 года назад +156

    I really hoped she would go back to the dog at the end of the episode. The poor dog is staying alone to this moment :(. I need closure dammit!

  • @siddhanths
    @siddhanths 3 года назад +24

    It’s really wonderful to see the complexity of this issue has been addressed in this episode..

  • @corujariousa
    @corujariousa 3 года назад +42

    This is a great dialog. If done with an open mind and heart, we can learn a lot about ourselves, identify opportunities to improve ourselves and help society. I don't see as positive for people to feel guilty for being somehow privileged by the current system, instead they should get involved in making it more equalitarian and join the voices against injustices.

  • @ultraslye
    @ultraslye 3 года назад +9

    How I see it, racism is intentional. Bias is not

  • @gcool6707
    @gcool6707 3 года назад +6

    If you want to be less racist just learn and immerse yourself in the culture that you’re trying not to be racist towards. Want to improve your bias towards black people? Watch black movies, listen to black music and read black books. Then, instead of complicating things in your mind, instead you get a better understanding of their culture. Most people just do one (like listen to music), but that isn’t enough. Also, as a Black teen girl, when I hear non-Black people call out racism in things, like school or tv, it makes me so happy that I could cry.

  • @theefmi4810
    @theefmi4810 3 года назад +16

    this was awesome, can't wait to see the rest of this season!

  • @laurieberry162
    @laurieberry162 Год назад

    I said Klu Klutz Klan once. I am Jewish. And people were like ahhhh, Laurie said Klu Klutz Klan. So did you I must say.

  • @sharckyes9269
    @sharckyes9269 3 года назад +10

    Anyone know what song this is at 1:02? Feel like I've heard it somewhere.

  • @marcelmanikum4122
    @marcelmanikum4122 3 года назад +15

    I did not expect to like this. I appreciate the content, and am interested to see where this series goes.

  • @paoloplayssoccer
    @paoloplayssoccer Год назад +1

    Middle schoolers seeing this video : 👀

  • @juliav.mcclelland2415
    @juliav.mcclelland2415 2 года назад

    I have tried literally every trick -- I cannot get it to play anything but that 10 second audio description instruction.

  • @passingby7967
    @passingby7967 Год назад

    I think there's a difference between being racist and everyone having different preferances.
    For example, if someone prefers to date white people over black because of their commonalities and comfortness, it's not being racist toward black people, but it's just having different preferances. No one can or should really say that having a preferance is wrong.
    However, if you are hiring an employee, even if you have a racial preferance, you should hire based on abilities suitable for the work, not based on their race.
    But this can get complicated, for example, in a situation when the work is to deal with customers mostly speaking Mexican, in a Mexican restaurant. Even if applicant A can speak Spanish and are quite capable of the job, another Hispanic applicant B, who can speak Spanish and who have grown up eating and making Mexican food, would be hired because having that background would make the employer think that applicant B would have more personal attachment to the job, more knowlege about the food, and therefore are more suitable for the job. This means, even if the restaurant has mostly hispanic employees, it doesn't mean the employer is racist.

  • @CityVoltProject
    @CityVoltProject 3 года назад +11

    Great video and great participant talking about complex issues that we need to hear. But let's remember that implicit bias testing has pretty much no basis in science.

  • @TheReal_Mrlunk
    @TheReal_Mrlunk 3 года назад +6

    being someone of a French/Irish decent it is very comforting to me knowing that I [my ancestors[ emigrated here after slavery was abolished and came here to California, but I still know that I have to deal with the same problems of subconscious racism, like in dating even though I have yet to do so in terms of romantic preferences they are aliened with my own race, though I would say that I have this preference for the fact that a lot of the subjects that I am into are not very common among back and Asian people such as modern history history on wars and military's equipment used in the 20th century but I don't know if that's a legitimate reason, or if I'm just making excuses for this. we are all to a certain extent racist in our subconscious but we can always take comfort in knowing that we all fight that feeling.

  • @lovewhenshe
    @lovewhenshe 3 года назад +39

    Only criticism I have is yea the editing just give people more time to talk that's all 😃

  • @FelixDegenaar
    @FelixDegenaar 2 года назад

    I am SO glad I am NOT a US citizen (for more reasons than only one). This subject would be wayyy too complicated for me. I'm a socially awkward person as it is, and this feels like walking on eggshells.

  • @austinpaja8961
    @austinpaja8961 2 года назад +1

    Was this a parody or a joke I'm not getting? Im truly asking

  • @thewolfofswingthat2035
    @thewolfofswingthat2035 3 года назад +9

    she looks like keira knightley

  • @timfriday9106
    @timfriday9106 Год назад

    When is season 3?!

  • @LoCRyCoNCepT
    @LoCRyCoNCepT 3 года назад +6

    someone else thinks they can listen to cleo abram talk all day?

  • @tracephoto1823
    @tracephoto1823 3 года назад +7

    So, so good. I really appreciate the hard work you’ve all put into this. Looking forward to more. Well done 👍🏼

  • @brynrietz1862
    @brynrietz1862 3 года назад +82

    The host is really pretty, that is promoting unrealistic beauty standards!

  • @B0risB
    @B0risB 3 года назад +4

    I need that try that test

  • @paulvillemocs
    @paulvillemocs 3 года назад +17

    Really powerful and interesting! I second what many others have said about the editing style making it harder to follow along :/

  • @stephenmartin1728
    @stephenmartin1728 3 года назад +2

    The clip of the executive producer in the background questioning the methods of the facilitator about his use of the mirror - I wonder how much of that was implicit bias? I feel like I have to ask that question, mostly because I hear this small insistent voice in the back of my head urging me towards justifying the producer’s action: “it’s their job” “who am I to question a professional?” etc. But the learning, conscious part of me that struggles and is every day trying to learn to sit in the discomfort - feeling my way through has me leaning into “say something” “have that discussion”. Ultimately, video as a medium is so intentional, so while I can only infer that the clip was thoughtfully edited (and captioned), I personally feel that it encapsulated a direct example of the implicit bias the episode was communicating. Looking forward to future episodes!

  • @MsTifalicious
    @MsTifalicious 2 года назад

    Why do people care what other people think about their racism? I don't care how racist you think I may be.

  • @robert3758
    @robert3758 3 года назад +16

    Restating what others have said, but y'alls editing on this video was kinda whack. Ultimately there's a narrative you're trying to create here, and really good storytelling is done in seamless incorporation of detail that doesn't disrupt the narrative. I feel like you guys tried to streamline as much as possible and that resulted in a somewhat disjointed episode. Idk how the other episodes look as of now, but like, yeah. Dive into it a little more. Maybe stretch it past the 5 episodes you planned idk.

  • @DG-em2wz
    @DG-em2wz 2 года назад

    Is it just or is the host stunningly beautiful

  • @indieahgogo
    @indieahgogo 2 года назад

    Where is this link so I could take the test?