Exercise One Response

I felt comfortable taking the test. I felt it was a bit repetitive, but I am sure there was a reason it was submitted that way. I don’t feel that in my subconscious, that I have any implicit biases. The reason being, is that I am a pretty honest person, and do not judge people on their race, background , age, appearance, political orientation or age. The article “The Enduring Whiteness of the American Media” that we read in class, came to mind on this subject. The part in the article where people are typecast in the work place, reminded me of an incident I went through at a job I had at one time. A certain area was up for bids and an African American Lady wanted the spot. I never met her before. They put me in the area because I was qualified, and she did not like that. She had implicit bias towards me, making comments that I got the position because I was white. She did not realize she was making such comments until I brought it to her attention. The end result was a meeting with management, where she made the same comments to them. When they pointed it out to her, she was very upset with herself and apologized. I was very hurt by this because it was a decision by management to put me there, and I had to deal with her implicit bias. The end result is that this happened many years ago and we are still friends to this day.