Question.1298 - Summary: This episode looks at the reality behind the hundreds of years that the white-dominated American culture has raised the specter of the dangerous, violent black man. Host John Biewen tells the story of his confrontation with an African American teenager. Then he and his guest, Chenjerai Kumanyika, discuss that longstanding image – and its neglected flipside: white-on-black violence. (podcast linkLinks to an external site.) Unlike explicit bias, which reflects the attitudes and actions that someone has at a conscious level, implicit bias is judgment and behavior that often operate unconsciously, and without intentional control. Does your unconscious reaction to people of a different race influence their judgment and behavior? Give an example. https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/education.htmlLinks to an external site. As John Biewen recounts the story of his encounter with “Michael” in Philadelphia, he says that, looking back, he was “pretty white” in some of his thinking at the time. What does he mean?
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