Question

A number of social problems relate to this topic, sometimes more hidden and other times quite clearly. “The Science of Your Racist Brain”. Neuroscientist David Amodio wrote about subconscious racial prejudice and why we're still responsible for our actions. “ … Welcome to the world of implicit racial biases, which research suggests are all around us, and which can be very difficult for even the most well-intentioned person to control. But that doesn't mean we can't do anything about them: We can draw attention to the insidious nature of these subconscious influences, and we can work to prevent them from exerting harmful effects not only on interpersonal behavior, but also on policy, employment practices, and public life. …” Using at least two terms from your textbook, discuss what you learned from this? http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/05/inquiring-minds-david-amodio-your-brain-on-racism

Answer 1

Racial discrimination is quite common around the globe, but as a human we tend to like someone even though he is black or white. If a white man has a black friend he must have some racial discrimination in his mind but he won’t show it to his friend.

In the text book black people were an example, and how white reacts to them when they were shown black peoples picture.

In a 2006 study of more than 150 white college students, Amodio and his colleague Patricia Devine asked them to categorize words as either pleasant (such as “peace,” “heaven,” and “honor”) or unpleasant (“cancer,” “vomit,” “poverty”) and as either mental (“math,” “brainy,” “scientist”) or physical (“basketball,” “agile,” “dance”). Before each categorization task, the subjects were shown black or white faces. The result? These largely liberal college students were faster at categorizing unpleasant and physical words when shown a black face, and faster at categorizing pleasant and mental words when they were preceded by a white face. Once again, implicit biases shone through in the results.

The two things which we learn is

We all perceive racial discrimination in our culture, but we do not all act upon them. In other words, we have the ability—and the responsibility—to regulate our own behavior.

If we want, we can be good or bad human it all depends on us; we shape our behavior and it our duty how we behave with others. If you want, one can be good human being without insulting any person or doing any sort of discrimination with any individual. Your brains is the master, decide by yourself. Live happily by not doing discrimination and this will lead to better future.