Harvard has an online tool called Project Implicit which can measure your unconscious prejudices. Malcolm Gladwell, a famous African-American author, took the test and it showed he had “a moderate automatic preference for whites.” His result is not unusual; according to Harvard, 70% of people of all races get this result.
When a black man wants to comfort a white man who is feeling guilty about racism, there is a certain script he uses. It goes like this: “You know, I’m black. But if I’m walking alone at night, and I see a tall black man coming, I’m still going to cross to the other side…
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“Mayor Robert Duffy One City Lecture Series:” Downtown! With exquisite politeness I was ushered to the coat room and presented with refreshments. Was it just me, or was a choir of angels blowing a heavenly fanfare over that FOOD? There were strawberry cream puffs shaped like swans, chocolate cream squares, miniature fruit tarts with…
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