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<blockquote data-quote="Bradskii" data-source="post: 76192749" data-attributes="member: 412388"><p>If being obtuse was an Olypic sport, you'd win gold every time.</p><p></p><p>This is just me. But if I were to discuss crt with some young people I would begin by explaining that everyone has a subconscious that affects a lot of what we do. I'd use umpteen examples of how this works in practice. And as we'd be relating this to racism and I'd ask for a show of hands as to who considered themselves racist. No hands would go up. </p><p></p><p>Then I'd show them results of psychological tests and experiments that would indicate that we all have a tendency to prefer our own 'group' whether it was their classmates versus another class or their school over another, or their team over another or their country etc. (I wouldn't ask any of them to do these tests). And I'd ask if this tendency towards one's group might include ethnic background. I'd expect to see a reasonable amount of agreement.</p><p></p><p>For those that didn't agree, I'd show them more experiments and tests that show that this is indeed the case. And then I'd ask if this subconscious bias might result in one group being disadvantaged over another. And I'd ask for examples. I'd expect quite a few. </p><p></p><p>Then I'd suggest that any disadvantage one group was under was not, therefore, based on rational thought (although I'd ask for examples of overt racism and expect a <em>lot</em> of examples) but subconscious bias. So that we could not be individually blamed for something that was not under our direct control. But...if it does lead to problems then I'd ask if anyone had any solutions to combat them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bradskii, post: 76192749, member: 412388"] If being obtuse was an Olypic sport, you'd win gold every time. This is just me. But if I were to discuss crt with some young people I would begin by explaining that everyone has a subconscious that affects a lot of what we do. I'd use umpteen examples of how this works in practice. And as we'd be relating this to racism and I'd ask for a show of hands as to who considered themselves racist. No hands would go up. Then I'd show them results of psychological tests and experiments that would indicate that we all have a tendency to prefer our own 'group' whether it was their classmates versus another class or their school over another, or their team over another or their country etc. (I wouldn't ask any of them to do these tests). And I'd ask if this tendency towards one's group might include ethnic background. I'd expect to see a reasonable amount of agreement. For those that didn't agree, I'd show them more experiments and tests that show that this is indeed the case. And then I'd ask if this subconscious bias might result in one group being disadvantaged over another. And I'd ask for examples. I'd expect quite a few. Then I'd suggest that any disadvantage one group was under was not, therefore, based on rational thought (although I'd ask for examples of overt racism and expect a [I]lot[/I] of examples) but subconscious bias. So that we could not be individually blamed for something that was not under our direct control. But...if it does lead to problems then I'd ask if anyone had any solutions to combat them. [/QUOTE]
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