Following the hidden bias test on race - I think that this test has its discrepancies, being that as the test is designed make the participant "freudian slip" their own selection inquiry, taking the test inherently provides for the awareness that the test is taking place and really allows the participant to not experience the truth of these instances first hand, but to instead make an active choice. I believe that in order to truly test someone of these biases, the test would have to be situational in a controlled environment, under surveillance, with no aforementioned test. When asked if I had any preferential bias toward European Americans or African Americans I find that I am relatively uncomfortable around all strangers besides my family and close friends. I hope to find more comfort in the company of strangers.
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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