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...Implicit Association Test seems to be flawed from the start, presumably yielding only the results it is intended to: that, in fact, you are a racist. Or a sexist. Or that based on the given test, results were inconclusive to conclusively say that you are a racist, but you probably...

Author: By Ashin D. Shah | Title: Project Implicitly Racist | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

...what could almost be contrived as a follow-up to this summer's run-in with the Cambridge police, Harvard has now taken to developing its own meter to determine if in fact people are implicitly racist or sexist. Enter "Project Implicit...

Author: By Ashin D. Shah | Title: Project Implicitly Racist | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

...intended to be sorted based on connotations. Later rounds permutate "Good" and "Bad" with "European American" and "African American," in the race test, to measure changes in reaction times when, for example, "Good" is paired with "European American" or "Bad" with "African American". The results of this say how racist the user...

Author: By Ashin D. Shah | Title: Project Implicitly Racist | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

...racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...time he retired as President of South Africa, hundreds of streets, squares and schools bore his name, as did many more pop songs, books and movies. Not hard to understand. After all, Mandela, who endured 27 years of incarceration under apartheid only to emerge with forgiveness for his racist jailers and become an icon to the world, is an inspiring figure. But what about unauthorized books that bear Mandela's name? Or charities that use his name to boost their profile? What about, God forbid, a Mandela Burger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McMandela? Protecting the Brand of a Legend | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

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