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[Belsnickel]

(04-13-2018, 03:46 PM)PhilHos Wrote: This is kind of what I'm talking about. Is he REALLY gesturing more towards black students when referencing black topics or is that just something that they THINK. I'm not there, obviously, but is it possible that the teacher makes the same gestures at other times but it only APPEARS as if he's gesturing towards blacks because they have it in their minds that's what he's doing?

Maybe he is gesturing this way in YOUR class, but can you see where in a similar, but different situation where someone could THINK that someone is gesturing to them when speaking on a subject about their race when it's common for the speaker ot make the same gesture for all kinds of topics?

This isn't purely their observation, though. It's something I, and other students, have noticed as well. Like I said, these are unconscious things that everyone does to some degree. That chart I posted had a breakdown where, what, 68% of people that took the IAT for race between 2012 and 2015 showed at least a slight unconscious preference for white people over black people. Only 18% showed no preference, and maybe you're in that group and so you aren't aware, I don't know. But 82% of people have at least a slight association one way or the other.