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SNOWFLAKE

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I found a test and deliberately answered in such a way as someone with racist attitudes might answer the test, and this what I got as a result:

This makes you:​

  • 21.81% more prone to general racism than the average person.
  • 26.27% more prone to socio-historical racism than the average person.
  • 31.93% more prone to perpetual foreigner racism than the average person.
  • 26.9% more prone to racism than the average person overall.
Then I did the test the way I honestly would have answered the questions in the test, and got this result:

This makes you:​

  • 11.19% less prone to general racism than the average person.
  • 3.73% less prone to socio-historical racism than the average person.
  • 18.07% less prone to perpetual foreigner racism than the average person.
  • 11.1% less prone to racism than the average person overall.
Anyone here interested in taking the test? Can you answer the questions HONESTLY as per your views of the world? Some of the questions are "trick" questions so read them carefully.

Here is where you can find the test:

Racism Test

Racism test based on research from the University of Maryland and UC Santa Barbara.
www.idrlabs.com
 
  • 5.81% more prone to general racism than the average person.
  • 20.73% less prone to socio-historical racism than the average person.
  • 24.07% less prone to perpetual foreigner racism than the average person.
  • 13.1% less prone to racism than the average person overall.
How can I be 5.81% more prone to general racism than the average person, and at the same time, 13.1% less prone to racism than the average person overall?

I got no sleep again last night so maybe it's me.
 
  • 19.19% less prone to general racism than the average person.
  • 10.73% less prone to socio-historical racism than the average person.
  • 5.07% less prone to perpetual foreigner racism than the average person.
  • 12.1% less prone to racism than the average person overall.
I'm woke as ****
 
Some of the questions are asked in reverse order, so you might think to click agree when you should click disagree. I had to look at it twice to figure that out.
 
We be libruls and leftists.
 
Perpetual foreigner racism? Is that racism that goes on forever or racism against foreigners that go on forever?
 
Grand Mal said:
Perpetual foreigner racism? Is that racism that goes on forever or racism against foreigners that go on forever?
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against foreigners would be my guess.
 
Entertaining, though I assume no-one really expects that to be a particularly scientific or accurate test It's pretty easy/obvious to get a 'zero racism' result with an absolutist approach - either strongly agree or strongly disagree with every statement - which of course means that your answers are in fact somewhat racist. For example:
It is okay to portray non-White characters in TV shows as speaking poor and/or heavily accented English.
The 'zero racism' answer they're looking for is obviously to strongly disagree, or in other words "It is never okay for non-white characters in TV shows to have poor or heavily accented English." This absolutist response is one which both A) explicitly elevates English as the yardstick of cultural sophistication or intelligence while rejecting the cultural identity and value of non-English speaking'/immigrant communities, and B) implicitly suggests a paternalistic, absurdly 'protective' attitude towards those communities as if they must necessarily be offended by the mere portrayal of imperfect English speakers. I'd say the best/least racist answer is strictly neutral on that one; the 'zero racism' answer they're looking is a very racist answer!

I'd say that at least five of the twenty questions - a quarter of them or more - suffer from that lack of nuance. In particular it's interesting to compare with the very similar question:
It’s okay to portray minorities in commercials as being bad at English.
I'd moderately disagree with that one; not strongly disagree for the reasons above, but not neutral because of the difference in medium, with TV shows having the capacity to be about well-rounded characters while a commercial snapshot is more along the lines of one-dimensional stereotyping.


Some others for which I'd say their absolutist 'zero racism' answer is at least a little racist, and neutral or moderate disagree would be more appropriate:
It is okay to make jokes about the food that is served in restaurants owned by non-Whites (e.g., lots of garlic in restaurants owned by Arabs, dog meat in Asian restaurants, etc.). (Obviously depends on context, who's making the joke, who's the audience, is it actually funny etc.)
It is okay to portray non-Whites in Western movies in accordance with racial stereotypes (e.g., Arabs as prone to violence, Asians as non-assertive, etc.). (It's never okay to have a smart Asian in a movie...? Good grief!)
It’s okay to portray non-Whites in commercials as acting subserviently towards Whites. (Much of the above applies, and 'subservience' is a highly subjective metric as opposed to say polite deference, on top of which depending on context individual relative social status is an even less racialized characteristic than language or stereotypes; there's a hell of a lot of difference between portraying someone as a house servant and portraying them as a new junior partner in a law firm, for example!)
 
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Grand Mal said:
Perpetual foreigner racism? Is that racism that goes on forever or racism against foreigners that go on forever?
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"Perpetual Foreigner Racism measures attitudes that signal to non-Whites that they are incapable of assimilating fully and that they will never be truly Western."
 
Mithrae said:
It's pretty easy/obvious to get a 'zero racism' result with an absolutist approach
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It sure is, depends on the honesty of the person taking the test.
I wouldn't be surprised if a few have taken the test but have not posted the results because of how the results made them look.
 
Mithrae said:
"Perpetual Foreigner Racism measures attitudes that signal to non-Whites that they are incapable of assimilating fully and that they will never be truly Western."
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Or, reading the sentences might make one suspect that it's a mistake, that it should have read 'perpetuate'.
 
Grand Mal said:
Or, reading the sentences might make one suspect that it's a mistake, that it should have read 'perpetuate'.
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It's an attitude which holds or signals that an immigrant from a different culture will be a perpetual foreigner.
 
Stopped at question 2.

"It is legitimate for Western countries to impose stricter immigration restrictions on people from non-White countries than they do for immigrants from White countries."
 
Mithrae said:
It's an attitude which holds or signals that an immigrant from a different culture will be a perpetual foreigner.
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Or, the sentence should read,

  • 31.93% more prone to perpetuate foreigner racism than the average person.
But whatever. It's a very minor point and I was just trying to make a minor joke about it.
 
roberthughey said:
Stopped at question 2.

"It is legitimate for Western countries to impose stricter immigration restrictions on people from non-White countries than they do for immigrants from White countries."
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It was asking if you agree or disagree, or maybe you didn't realize it was asking for your agreement or disagreement. Maybe the test is too hard for some people?
 
Why is the test only for white people?
 

This makes you:​

  • 3.19% less prone to general racism than the average person.
  • 10.73% less prone to socio-historical racism than the average person.
  • 5.07% less prone to perpetual foreigner racism than the average person.
  • 6.1% less prone to racism than the average person overall.



Well, goes to show the point the OP is attempting to make is BS.
 
SNOWFLAKE said:
Can you answer the questions HONESTLY as per your views of the world?
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Anyone can answer in such a way to cast a positive eye on themselves, just sayin'
 
ScrambledEggs said:
Well I guess all the questions were about non-whiteZ yo, is what i meant
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You mean the questions were about our attitudes about non-whiteZ yo.
 
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