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Michael Chen- Hidden Bias

Michael 


 Week 3 Sep 25

 While taking the hidden bias test I went into the it overestimating my bias. There were times where I wouldn’t match the image with the associated image of a persons face. The nature of the test itself in its design is banally straightforward, so it made me take it pretty serious. In relation to arts and activism and biases we face, I resonated with the article as well. That these prejudices bare manifested and created from a very young age due to a particular moment, most likely subconscious, and that these become gradually established behaviors.  With art there is responsibility in starting this discussion.   

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