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RTI CCP ELL Sub Mind Talk
RTI CCP ELL Sub Mind Talk
With
Objectives:
To reveal that racism is alive and well in the
trep.jsp
Impossible to accurately record the
number of hate crimes Mark Potock, SPLC
reported
Many dont even make headlines
Leaving the public, especially white
members of the public to believe that hate
crimes are down or done with altogether
The election of President Obama
Subconscio
us Acts of
Racism
Conscious
Acts of
Racism
What is consciousness?
Consciousness is a quality of the mind
Control
When the thought is subconscious then you
then it is conscious
Priming
Students thought they came to take a
subjects
All received scrambled sentence tests
Two groups with words mixed in like:
A) Rude, impatient, interrupt, aggressive, bother
B) Respect, considerate, yield, polite, courteous
aggressive, bother
B) Primed with: Respect, considerate yield,
polite, courteous
Results
+Primed with rude words:
interrupted on average before 5 minutes
Hidden Racism
Yeah I just found out the Cleopatra was
Dating..
On popular dating sites like match.com about
your behaviors?
Yes ( Especially so when pressed for timethe
brain automatically reverts to the subconscious
when stressed or pressed for time)
Subconscious biases can impact the way one
treats people, without even knowing it
Social and environmental factors can act as a
sort of priming that send people messages
about who they are and how much they are
valued by society
Gender
Race
Dialects
Body build
Physical attractiveness
Beauty
Socio economic status
Language skills
subconscious
Acknowledge that it is difficult to be in
touch fully with your subconscious
Admit that people have biases
Seek to be color conscious not color
blind
Try to know your biases
With others or on your own seek to
understand where these hidden biases
originated
Questions