I took the hidden bias test, and I wasn’t very impressed. The results said that I had an automatic preference for black people over white people, which I don’t necessarily disagree with, however I think the wording of it, as well as the overall way the test is structured, is kind of ridiculous. The way we are raised heavily impacts our perception of others, and the way those biased perceptions permeate through society as well as ourselves are incredibly complex and nuanced, and they harden as we continue to grow through life, either through our own stubborn egos or through outside influence, whether it be family or media. I think that this test barely scratches the surface on the intricacies of our experiences and perceptions, and instead tries to incorporate some sense of Freudian psychology (Barely), by focusing on how fast you categorize and answer the questions. There are too many variables to try and get a real reading on something so ingrained within us.
While reading some of the monuments pieces I felt as if each of them had something that they needed to prove. For example, for the Tate piece felt the need to expose what history has done to people. Each level exposed how much each person was taken advantage of in service of someone else. For the rumors of war piece exposed the whole idealism of the past resurrecting a past historical leader to make sure that the event does not happen again. The Bracero monument exposed all of the work that the people of that time had done in order to make sure that not another person is taken advantage of again. But truth be told, all of these monuments have come with some sort of backlash. The bracero monument had gotten criticism for stating that the braceros were free to do what they wished. From what the article had stated that was not the truth. It was merely one persons interpretation of what a bracero was, b...
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