Comments on: Blog Against Racism Day http://heracliteanfire.net/2005/12/02/blog-against-racism-day/ Harry Rutherford's Blog Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:50:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: Harry http://heracliteanfire.net/2005/12/02/blog-against-racism-day/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Harry Fri, 02 Dec 2005 00:41:31 +0000 http://heracliteanfire.net/?p=377#comment-148 I think the most useful and interesting posts for this sort of event are the very personalised ones. But I have no intention of indulging in auto-psychoanalysis in public. So my post was a compromise between mouthing completely abstract platitudes and actually saying something about myself. I think the most useful and interesting posts for this sort of event are the very personalised ones. But I have no intention of indulging in auto-psychoanalysis in public. So my post was a compromise between mouthing completely abstract platitudes and actually saying something about myself.

]]> By: Harry http://heracliteanfire.net/2005/12/02/blog-against-racism-day/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Harry Fri, 02 Dec 2005 00:22:37 +0000 http://heracliteanfire.net/?p=377#comment-147 Yes, I know. But still. There are so many nuances, as well, in the ways that class, gender, age, culture and so on affect the way we respond to people. Class particularly, perhaps. Yes, I know. But still.

There are so many nuances, as well, in the ways that class, gender, age, culture and so on affect the way we respond to people. Class particularly, perhaps.

]]> By: shadygrove http://heracliteanfire.net/2005/12/02/blog-against-racism-day/comment-page-1/#comment-146 shadygrove Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:49:10 +0000 http://heracliteanfire.net/?p=377#comment-146 Well, like I've said before, the IAT probably measures anxiety or discomfort with black people*, rather than actual hostility. And implicit measures are <i>usually</i> uncorrelated with self-report measures of racism. People who score as "racist" on implicit measures of racism, while deploring racism on a conscious level, are usually sincere in their desire to be egalitarian. But when they actually meet a person of color, they're looking at the floor and shuffling and coughing rather more often than is strictly speaking necessary. People whose scores on the IAT suggest that they are not racist towards black people usually either are black themselves, or spend a lot of time with black people -- everyone else gets their unconscious associations about race straight off the television, where black people are portrayed as criminals or basketball players, usually. (*And I'm talking about black people, rather than racism towards other groups, because most, though not all, of the IAT racism research has been done by white American scholars about racism against black Americans.) Well, like I’ve said before, the IAT probably measures anxiety or discomfort with black people*, rather than actual hostility. And implicit measures are usually uncorrelated with self-report measures of racism. People who score as “racist” on implicit measures of racism, while deploring racism on a conscious level, are usually sincere in their desire to be egalitarian. But when they actually meet a person of color, they’re looking at the floor and shuffling and coughing rather more often than is strictly speaking necessary. People whose scores on the IAT suggest that they are not racist towards black people usually either are black themselves, or spend a lot of time with black people — everyone else gets their unconscious associations about race straight off the television, where black people are portrayed as criminals or basketball players, usually.

(*And I’m talking about black people, rather than racism towards other groups, because most, though not all, of the IAT racism research has been done by white American scholars about racism against black Americans.)

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