Remember when Eli and Gillian go to a fire station and meet with Mike Adams. They see a vigil to a firefighter who was killed on the job.
Towards the end of the show the firefighters were given a test. It is called the Implicit Association Test.
Now you can take the very same test online.
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/takeatest.html
Choose Race IAT
This test IAT requires the ability to distinguish faces of European and African origin. It indicates that most Americans have an automatic preference for white over black.◦
Friday, July 31, 2009
Lie to Me- Firefighter's Lie Detector to Determine Race IAT
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More Details about IATs from Teaching Tolerance:
http://www.tolerance.org/activity/test-yourself-hidden-bias
Articles about Bias
http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/bias
Scientists: Nonverbal cues may show racial bias
By Monica Heger
Posted at 02:07 PM/ET, December 17, 2009 in Current Affairs, Television, TV, books, movies and such | Permalink
http://blogs.usatoday.com/sciencefair/2009/12/scientists-nonverbal-cues-may-show-racial-bias.html
The ACLU Urges Members of Congress to Co-Sponsor and Support the End Racial Profiling Act of 2007
http://www.aclu.org/racial-justice/aclu-urges-members-congress-co-sponsor-and-support-end-racial-profiling-act-2007
Bias, stereotypes, cognitive dissonance, and self-justifications, when coupled with inadequate and/or poor training of well-intending law enforcement using scientifically proven inaccurate methods (such as polygraph/voice analysis); it has unfortunate real-world consequences:
Mistakes Were Made (but not by me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
Chapter 5: Law & Disorder
http://www.mistakesweremadebutnotbyme.com/html/criminal_justice.html
ABC 20/20 What Would You Do?
Racism in America, Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNu-WZdHzaA&feature=related
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIVgMvuCM_k&feature=related
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