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Old 05-07-2008, 12:27 PM   #61 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
oh. sorry I didn't see how clear that first statement was with that big NOT right before "racism in your brain".
It's too bad you're not understanding this. I was clarifying my point about potential, and ensuring that people weren't confusing said potential with the misleadingly vague thread title.

I'll elaborate by showing the thread title next to the summarization from the article:
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Originally Posted by Cynth
Racism is in your brain
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Originally Posted by Summarization
Deep within our subconscious, all of us harbor biases that we consciously abhor. And the worst part is: we act on them
First off it's very important to point out that while racism is a type of bias, it is not all biases. The biases suggested in the summarization may include racism for some people, but in reality (if you've read the article) you can see that it's referring to a number of different biases. Thus, the thread title is misleading. Because of the misleading thread title, and the established fact that many TFP members are unwilling to read an article that's much more than a few paragraphs, I came the the conclusion that it's entirely possible that someone might skip the article in the OP (which has problems of it's own) and take the thread title at face value as fact, one might imagine is supported by the big fat article.

That not being the case in the least, I figured it was important to clarify simple facts. I'll outline them here:
1) Biases are not all subconscious. Some are conscious.
2) "Racism is in your brain" in the way you apparently mean it ("No one has stated the cause, just where it's located. Racism is located in your brain, it's not located in your left hand or little pinky toe.") is about as vague as "my car keys are located in the United States". Not thinking you were saying something so totally and completely obvious, I hoped that it was simply a mistake drawn from a poor article, like racism develops in the brain. That was what I was speaking to.
3) If you would like to get real scientific information about the subject of the article, I suggest googling "Cognitive Bias", looking at the wiki page, and then look under "further reading". The article itself is vague, sensationalized, and includes very little scientific data.
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