Racism

Moving While Black: Intergroup Attitudes Influence Judgments of Speed

The Journal of Experimental Psychology recently published an article exploring the…

The Subtlety of Modern Racism

It’s 2016, and most people would say that issues of race are a thing of the past. The president of the U.S. is African American; this has to be evidence that we are no longer plagued by racism. However, there are numerous police and African American confrontations, in which…

Why Is the IAT for Race So Important?

Implicit association tests have gained a large amount of popularity within the field of social psychology. They are used measure the strength of a person’s automatic processes. One of the application IAT tests is to detect implicit bias. Implicit means a bias bellow the person’s…

Lies, lies, and more lies: what is the IAT measuring anyway?

In our age of political correctness, it is uncommon to hear someone endorse an openly racist…

Are we all racist?

Has racial prejudice really been abandoned or just changed its outer appearance? Do we really endorse the values that today’s society…