I was definitely stressed answering the bias tests but I am skeptical of the results. I think I just got better at playing the game and after the first test I'm not sure I trust the results. My results to the skin tone then race test shows exact opposite preferences which seems weird to me.
I agree with you. I answered one wrong because they changed the keys and I was tagged something I am not.
My skepticism is based on the fact that I did all the tests back to back. I'm curious if I would have had different results if I'd done them over a longer period of time or in another format maybe.
Also, the brown eyes/blue eyes experiment had me thinking of the Stanford Prison Experiment. It goes to show it doesn't take much to bring out ugly sides of people.
I am white and pale at that. I am trying to learn to be comfortable having those uncomfortable discussions on race. I think we're taught that race is somehow a rude discussion which keeps us from learning new perspectives because we never talk about it.
White privilege is so obviously real to me that I have a hard time understanding any arguments that it isn't. That gut-punch defensive reaction so many white people have to the contrary doesn't change anything about its truth.
From what I can tell, something like being corrected for a microaggression comes down to a basic interaction. Someone is telling you how you've made them feel. There shouldn't be a debate about that. They've told you how they feel. That happened, it's done. Regardless of your intentions. All you can do now is change for the better or intentional keep hurting them. Those are the options.