Class Response 10/27/14

I started with the bias test. My results were little to no automatic preference between black and white people. I was not surprised by this. I do not care about how someone looks, I care about how they act. I have met good and bad people of all races and am glad that I have no bias to them.

Next, was the face to face stories. While listening to them, I took note of how parents were telling their children to be careful. I was shocked how easily the Americans turned on their own citizens when the bombings happened. The Americans blamed the race of the attackers and not the people who actually attacked them.

It was sad to hear about children who lost friends because of their race. The Americans were too quick to discriminate against the Japanese and the Muslims. It was childish how they could think of a friend they had known for years, as a monster in one instant. The Japanese and the Muslims themselves were horrified by the attacks. It seemed like others thought they didn’t have the right to cry for their country. They were American citizens, and in one moment, they became the enemy.

The final blue and brown eyed test was the most interesting. It was interesting how the children began to become what others thought of them. When the blue eyed children were better, the brown eyed children seemed to become less intelligent and when the brown eyed children were better, the blue eyed children were less intelligent even though they were better the day before. This really shows how you should not put people down, because they will fall with your expectations.