Blog Post #4

I read the article "What? Me Biased?". It's about how people are subconsiously racist or sexist. In the article, they talk about President Obama, and how people have found him less American because of the color of his skin. The discrimination is not only racial, we also have unconsiously biase opinions on the elderly and women seeking powerful positions. I find this relevent because it shows how we potentially think.  This makes us questions ourselves such as "Do you find yourself having racist or sexist thoughts? And why?"  People think this way everyday. It's interesting to me because we do it subconsiously. It's like you're born with it, or you learn it as you grow up. Being racist seems to be a subconsious thing, but we have to learn it some how. Where is it, that you suppose, we learn this?




I  think no one should be discrimated becasue of their race or sex, we are all created equally so why not be treated equally? There are such things that us as women have the power to do just as well as men, so why be sexist? There are things that African American, Chinese, or Hispanic can do just as well as Caucasion, so why be racist or discriminate? I was surprised that the article was saying people were finding President Obama less American then candidates from the past because he's African American. Something I did like in the article was that it said there's evidence that when people are aware of their unconscious biases, they can overcome it. I think many people don't realize that you act in a certain way until you catch yourself in a moment. You see yourself, and realize you need to change that one flaw. Until we realize that we need to change this, it wont happen. We need to realize that we do things wrong, after they happen. It's like our brain has a delayed reaction. What could we do to help this?