Implicit Biases are in our everyday life’s. Sometimes officers who make those biases have no idea that they are doing it. Sometimes unconscious bias are made even with officers unknowingly doing it. An example of bias’s is when an officer is told two different things about the same person. One part being that this person is a gun dealer and isn’t a very friendly person. The other part is that officer is told the person is a drug dealer and a somewhat friendly person. The officer would probably treat drug dealer little bit better because he’s known to be a better person. Affinity bias has to do with our own opinions about if they like that someone and how they treat them. Ingroup favoritism shows how we treat someone based on them being on our team compared to on the opposing team. The automatic cognitive processes affect us in how we make these decisions and how we see others. If we did not have this function of our brains, than we would not be able to come up with bias and make our own opinions on each matter. Just walking by someone can lead to multiple different biases. What they look like, gender, race, height, weight, age and much more. Schemas are templates for data our brains store without us even knowing about it. Implicit biases can alter our decisions and thoughts. The IAT stands for Implicit Association Test. The IAT explains the reasoning why we match pictures or words with what we know. The Black-White Race Attitude compares the attitudes between blacks and whites. There is an interesting computer task that makes you sort the faces with what color the person is. Doing this, you can see if sometimes labeling a face before you truly see it can play a factor. -chicubs002
I too found these videos interesting. I learned more than I ever knew. Before watching these videos I knew almost nothing about implicit bias. What I found especially interesting is that the Black and White Race attitude. Another thing I found very interesting is the IAT test (Implicit Association Test). –Adventureflight002
chicubs002, I agree we all have bias. Whether we’re are aware of them or not, they are still in our subconscious. This tendency makes it harder to be united as a community. Half the battle for improvement is knowing we all have this underlining thought process. Once we understand that, then genuine growth can begin. We all need to be conscious of implicit bias, but especially for police officers. This is key. They must to understand implicit bias for their own benefit and for those they encounter on the job. Their job impacts so many people in the community. They should be advocates for raising awareness for implicit bias, since they are the structure of the community. -CoalRoller003
It was really interesting how much implicit bias there is and how we can do it without really doing it. It was always clear that bias was a very real thing but i did learn a lot of things. All together it was very informative and gave a lot of insight to bias. -pizza002
I watched the video on Implicit Bias. I had just a brief basic knowledge of this concept. In the video I found many different things highly interesting. The speaker seemed to use African-Americans and Caucasians in the presentation more than any other ethnicity. At times he seemed to side with one over the other group; just my prospective on it. Through his presentation he made some very good points. He believes strongly that we all have implicit bias, subconscious bias. No matter where, or when we grew up, he thinks all humans have some underlining subconscious bias that is wiring into our cognitive development. Even the people who claim they are not prejudiced and love all people, still have ethnicity preferences. We are human, so I am not sure we can limit this tendency in its entirety. However, I think it can be reduced. In the presentation, the speaker displayed a computer-generated picture of a Caucasian and an African American. He proceeded to ask the congregation which picture side was the individual smiling in. He explained we tend acknowledge the smile sooner in our own ethnicity than the other, which is interesting. He revealed that we are milliseconds slower to identify smiles in other ethnicities than our own. In day to day living, milliseconds does not matter to the extreme to be able to tell facial emotions and body language of an induvial of a different ethnicity. However, when protecting the community like police do milliseconds do matter. Sometimes it is to the intense level of life and death. Implicit bias, subconscious bias can be the difference between firing a weapon on an induvial in a split second. Implicit bias needs to be understood as it affects everyone simultaneously on a daily occurrence. We all need to be aware of this quiet mental thought process that we all have. The speaker wanted the audience to be aware of how dangerous implicit biases can be for the health of our businesses, police and communities at large. He continued his presentation by adding some helpful pointers to minimalize the affects of implicit bias in our own lives. He encouraged the group to be motivated in fairness, humble, curious and mindful to other ethnicities as this creates a great way to develop an attitude of awareness for others. These suggestions were simple, basic and very applicable to daily living. I found this to be a great approach to limiting the affects of implicit bias. The speaker made me more aware of this quiet thought process we all share. -CoalRoller003
It was really interesting how much implicit bias there is and how we can do it without really doing it. It was always clear that bias was a very real thing but i did learn a lot of things.However i do think that different gender and race has a lot to do with how the officer will diffuse the situation because if you treat everyone the same you might not get across very good. Its clear you understand what was being said in these videos and articles. -pizza003
Implicit bias are everywhere in the community. all our police officers are required to be careful while on duty. Mostly this is why most agencies are now recommending a well trained police officers in policing. simple steps, such as listening and communicating, can help transform stressful situation into community building exercises. We all raised differently with different cultural believes, but to take a step and decide to be a police officer, be aware that yo are going to meet different kinds of people this could be race gender and ethic. Police training should be seriously the importance of solving this situation and incorporate it into their core curricula. Officers should be trained to recognize and respond appropriately to concerns expressed by citizens and communities. I do believe since the body cameras has come to existence most police are conducting their duties effectively. Another idea is that when the police are told about the suspect, its good idea to follow the right procedure but not just how the person look like or from what you been told. Over time, the belief that the police are unfair and untrustworthy leads citizens to begin to view the police as lee legitimate, making cooperation less likely. what remains from these on us with the polices officers is mentality to be on other side and citizens on the other.it is hard to imagine a world where public safety is a achieved this way.To control this problems community and law enforcement should not believe something they hear about others. GUSII 003
I definitely agree with what you are saying. Police officers need to be able to understand who they are dealing with at the point in time to properly defuse the situation. You can not treat everybody the same way. Each race and or gender has there own way of dealing with certain situations. Batman002
After watch the videos on implicit bias I learned so much. One thing I learned is that they are in our everyday lives. They are in our schools and communities, just to name a couple. Another thing I learned while watching these videos is that implicit biases are there whether people knew it or not. An example would be that a police officer is told two different statements about the same person. One statement that they are told, for example, is that the person is a drug dealer and not the friendliest person. The other statement is that the person is a drug and kind of a friendly person. The police officer would probably treat the person who is a drug dealer better, knowing that they were a good person rather than not the good person. A third thing I learned from these videos is that affinity bias has to do with our own opinions about how they feel about the person and how they treat them. This could really be used today because all of what people see on television. What I mean is that people need to put the law in front of their personal values. The fourth thing I learned while watching these videos is that in-group favoritism shows how we treat someone based on their religion and moral values. This shows how people would treat someone, for example, of their religion and how they would treat someone that is of another religion. The fifth thing I learned is that the automatic cognitive process affects us in how we make decisions and how we see others. If we didn’t have this function of the brain, than we would not be able to come up with bias and make our own decisions on each individual matter in bias. Just walking, running, etc. next to someone can lead up to making bias. Bias such as gender, race, age, weight, height, and many many more. The sixth thing I learned was that schemas are templates for data our brains store without us even knowing about it. The seventh, and final, thing that I learned was that there is this test called the IAT test. IAT stands for Implicit Association Test. This test explains why we match pictures or certain words we already knew. I found this video interesting and I learned so much. –Adventureflight002
I find it interesting how we all create these bias from just growing and learning. yet, we know the right thing to think about people, we all judge and are influenced to treat people differently even though we shouldn't. dory002
We live in a day and age where implicit bias can is a common thing in the criminal justice system. It happens all day everyday in every community all over the world. Even the common person uses implicit bias without even knowing that there doing it. Implicit bias can be the difference between life and death. Police officers use implicit bias by determine who is doing what in the area. If there are gangs in the area police officers can determine the other people they hang around. Implicit bias is even used when there’s a gun involved. Police officers have a split second to determine if that’s a gun on the person. If not the police officers could potentially be in harm way or even die. Implicit bias could also save someone’s life. If there’s a police officer in a bank and someone or multiple come and that start to look at each other multiple times or look at their body language that police officer could determine that their about to rob that bank. Which means he was aware of his or her surroundings which is apart of implicit bias. Even though police officers use implicit bias during their whole career lives they must still be rational when using it otherwise it could be used in the wrong way. When using implicit bias it could be the difference between defusing a situation and causing a situation. That police officer could be mistaken for using implicit bias as for racism towards a group of people. It’s commonly debated that police officers shouldn’t use implicit bias but sometimes you do not know that your doing it so it can be hard to stop doing it or what if you needed to use implicit bias and you did not but it’s too late. Batman002
I agree that implicit bias can really affect a police officer’s job. Being a cop with an implicit bias could mean that you make the wrong decisions or spend time looking in the wrong spots. It can also mean that you treat people differently based on the way they look. If we want our cops to get better then we should really look more into eliminating implicit bias.-Celtics002
I agree with you- in today's day and age implicit bias is prevalent in pretty much anybody's daily life and plays apart of a daily struggle of pretty much any criminal justice employee. It's a sad thing to admit, but it is apart of our brain structure- we have "schemas" which are basically templates of information that our brain stores without our conscious knowing. Unfortunately, it seems as though a large majority of people lack the mental capacity, or just simply don't care, to not only recognize their biases, but to change them or at the very least be aware of them and not let them affect their decision making and thoughts. GMan003
We live in a day and age where implicit bias is a common thing in the criminal justice system. It happens all day everyday in every community all over the world. Even the common person uses implicit bias without even knowing that there doing it. Regular people use it towards the police without knowing they are doing it. They label one group of bad police officers with the good police officers who really do care about they job and they are not just using the badge for power. Implicit bias can be the difference between life and death. Police officers use implicit bias by determining who is doing what in the area like if there is a call of abuse and he or she is answering the questions for her you can use implicit bias to tell that she is scared to talk and he is giving the answers so that the police officer would go away. If there are gangs in the area police officers can determine the other people they hang around. Implicit bias is even used when there’s a gun involved. Police officers have a split second to determine if that’s a gun on the person or another object. If they do not notice the police officers could potentially be in harm way or even die. Implicit bias could also save someone’s life. If there’s a police officer in a bank and someone or multiple come and that start to look at each other multiple times or look at their body language that police officer could determine that their about to rob that bank. Which means he was aware of his or her surroundings which is apart of implicit bias. Even though police officers use implicit bias during their whole career lives they must still be rational when using it otherwise it could be used in the wrong way. When using implicit bias it could be the difference between defusing a situation and causing a situation. That police officer could be mistaken for using implicit bias as for racism towards a group of people. It’s commonly debated that police officers shouldn’t use implicit bias but sometimes you do not know that your doing it so it can be hard to stop doing it or what if you needed to use implicit bias and you did not but it’s too late. Implicit bias has its good and bad things that come with it but so does everything else. As long as the police officer that is using implicit bias for the right reason and not because he or she does not like that particular person or that race or that gender it should be allowed in the criminal justice system. Batman003
I agree with you implicit bias is a very common thing, and I do not think most people realize that. Every human being has them, and we do not even realize that we are using them, or expressing a bias opinion. Bias opinions are completely natural, and form them based on our experiences, how we have grown up and many more factors. But that doesn't make us a bad people, it's how we use our bias opinion is what makes a good or bad person. Police officers especially need to be careful with how they express their opinions. I-like-cereal003
An implicit bias is a bias that you don’t even realize that you have or are showing, but might do it quite often. An example would be someone who grows up in a town that is predominantly Mexican, and they move to a town that’s completely white. They might have an implicit bias against white people because they haven’t been around that type of population before. For me, I grew up in the very small town of Tremont, which only has around 3,000 people. Almost everyone in our high school was white except for a few black kids, one of them my best friend. I’m not really sure what my implicit bias would be because I have always been surrounded by white people but tend to have more black friends then a lot of my other friends. One implicit bias that I noticed I have is against people who are Asian. When I was working at Target last year on black Friday there were five people that cut in line, which was my job to control. All five of them were Asian so I developed this bias against Asian people. Next year on black Friday I found myself watching the Asian people closer then the others even though none of them ended up cutting in line. I realized that the situations I had been put in and the lack of experience I had with that specific race allowed my brain to develop this bias against an entire group of people. All of this happened without me even realizing it. This situation made me get rid of my implicit bias and I now know not to think like that. -Celtics002
Implicit bias is hard to point out and see. I am the type of person who is friends with everyone no matter the color. If you are nice to me I will be nice to you. I would like to think that I do not have any implicit bias but I have started to notice that I am nicer and more friendlier to people dress respectable in public than those who look like trash. -ClarkKent002
Implicit bias is found everywhere in society. Police officers are required to be careful while they police to ensure they don’t have biases as they try and do their jobs. Today more and more agencies are now recommending more training for police officers. Another fact I learned was the automatic cognitive processes and how it affects us in how we make these decisions. It also affects how we see others. Simply walking by someone can lead to multiple different biases.If we did not have this function than we would not be able to come up with bias. We would make up our own opinions on each matter. What they look like, gender, height,race, weight, and age. Another thing I found was that schemas are templates for data information that our brains store without us even knowing it goes on. Implicit biases can determine or alter our decisions and thoughts. Implicit bias or subconscious bias can be the difference between firing a weapon when it comes down to the law enforcement officers. Affinity bias has to do with our own opinions about if they like that someone and how they treat them.The IAT stands for Implicit Association Test. The IAT explains the reasoning why we match pictures/words with what we already know. The Black-White Race Attitude compares the attitudes between blacks and whites. I overall like reading about implicit bias and found it interesting that we all have a bias of some sort even though we might not even be aware we do. After reading the website and watching the videos, you can see how law enforcement officers have to deal with bias on a daily basis within the community. -CUBSFAN002
I agree with you, implicit bias is found everywhere, and formed by everyone, it is a natural thing we use and form as human beings. But police officers need to completely eliminate all their bias, in order to police in the community fairly. They need to use factual evidence and common sense when making decisions. I-Like-Cereal002
I like that you stated implicit bias is found everywhere in society because I don't think some people understand how much implicit bias there actually is. It determines a lot of decisions we make every day, it determines how we treat and see people. Humans are naturally judgemental towards things and don't realize how much of these judgements are due to what we see in society and stereotypes. We let these stereotypes and labels and what we see in social media control our subconscious thought, control the way we see people when more often than not there is more than meets the eye. Ark003
Today more and more agencies are now recommending more training for police officers.Implicit bias is found everywhere in society. Police officers are required to be careful while they police to ensure they don’t have biases as they try and do their jobs. Another fact I learned was the automatic cognitive processes and how it affects us in how we make these decisions. It also affects how we see others. Simply walking by someone can lead to multiple different biases.If we did not have this function than we would not be able to come up with bias. We would make up our own opinions on each matter. What they look like, gender, height,race, weight, and age.The IAT stands for Implicit Association Test. The IAT explains the reasoning why we match pictures/words with what we already know. Another thing I found was that schemas are templates for data information that our brains store without us even knowing it goes on. Implicit biases can determine or alter our decisions and thoughts. Implicit bias or subconscious bias can be the difference between firing a weapon when it comes down to the law enforcement officers. Affinity bias has to do with our own opinions about if they like that someone and how they treat them.The Black-White Race Attitude compares the attitudes between blacks and whites. After reading the website and watching the videos, you can see how law enforcement officers have to deal with bias on a daily basis within the community. I overall like reading about implicit bias and found it interesting that we all have a bias of some sort even though we might not even be aware we do. -CUBSFAN003
I do agree with you. More agencies need to address the issue of implicit bias. Implicit bias is seen all around the world in law enforcement. Police need to watch how they talk/interact with the public both on and off the job. You should desire your communities to trust you as an officer to serve and protect them. If there is a bias there, then the trust will never occur. Illinoisgurl002
Police officers are always being attack for being bias on something. They have one of the hardest job because they have to be fair to all. It should not be hard but implicit bias get in the way. I think that every officer should have to take the IAT. This should help the officer be even more fair and show the community that they are trying to be fair. -ClarkKent003
We all have bias everyday, whether we know it or not. We probably don't even realize that we are even being bias, because it is natural, it's something that we have grown up around, and learned from our experiences with people. But bias shouldn't affect our opinions on people, and especially with the career field that I want to go into, you cannot be bias, you have to make decisions based on factual evidence. In the video on the website it says would you make a decision or form a bias about someone of their social class, and it says the chances are we would. I think that is very true, because I think we form bias about people without even noticing. Confirmation Bias was very interesting, that we seek out information about people that we believe is true, and then minimize the information that challenges our hypothesis. The hannah example on the video. Hannah was treated differently, and people formed opinions about her due to socio economic class. Just because she wasn't on the wealthy side of the spectrum people were so quick to form bias on her. The video also did a good job by saying that everyone is vulnerable to it, we all form these opinions, without even thinking twice about it. It also did a good job stating that there are multiple types of biases out there that affect our decision making in our everyday life. Just because we use bias, to form favoritism, and influences certain decisions that we make doesn't make us bad people. It just naturally what human beings do, we form opinions about people based on the way they look, talk, and act. We do this to make judgements, and to see if we want to be around that certain person. I-Like-Cereal002
I agree that bias are so natural that we don't even realize it occurs. It is the result of the of what we grow up around and what we learn from our peers. I agree it shouldn't affect our opinions especially in our work field. -CUBSFAN002
I think being informed about implicit bias, and what it is very important. Especially for myself going into the criminal justice career field, you hardly be biased if you a want to be a good police officer. Sure you can be bias sometimes, but you have to be careful that you are not bias all the time because that could affect your decisions making. I think if you want to be a good successful police officer, you cannot make decisions based on your own formed opinions, you have to make decisions that are based of facts, and the laws that are written. I think it also depends on the situation that you are in. If the situation is a high stress situation, and the suspect is yelling and screaming at you, you need to stay professional, and should not express your bias opinion. If the situation involves something sad, and you need to act like a human than I think it is ok for you to express your bias opinion. I think people forget that police officers are human beings as well, and they are not going to be perfect. They are going to have biased opinions, and they might get expressed whether they are meant too or not. There is so many types of bias out there, that it would be almost impossible for someone to not have a bias opinion whether they express it or not. It's ok for people, especially police officers to have bias, that doesn't make them a bad police officer, what would make it bad would be expressing those unfair bias opinions. Yes, there is police officers that express their bias opinions, and that is not right. It's not fair to the person who is hearing their opinions. That in my eyes is a bad police officer, someone who constantly expresses their bias opinion is not a good cop. Bias are everywhere, and everyone has one. They a natural thing, and we form them without even noticing. They are formed by things we have seen, our past experiences with different races, and different cultures. It's whether we express them, and how we express them, is what makes them good or bad. Police officers should be very cautious, with and how they express theres, if they decide too, but it is probably smart for them to just give an unbiased statement, and to try and remain professional. I-like-cereal003
I liked how you mentioned that you need to make decisions based on facts in criminal justice. I very much agree with this statement. If an officer brings biased into the worked and they know they did so, it makes for a bad situations. There MUST be a complete understanding of their bias in order to be successful in this career. -AS003
After viewing some of the videos, you see implicit bias today in our society. Many times, we as humans do not realize that we are being bias to others. For me, I did not grow up with African American people. We had one African American in my school district. For me, as I moved away to a bigger city, it was a culture shock. I have always had white teachers growing up, and then moving here I have a mix of teachers. It is so easy to label people and put them into groups. I’m sure I have done this many of times, and I never realized it. For instance, when talking about juveniles. We typically label them as a good kid or a bad kid. I know for myself growing up, my parents always told me to stay away from certain kids. Why? Because they were the bad kids. Those kids that seem to always be in trouble. And I think today, when I see certain groups of kids, the thought still goes through my mind, are they good kids or bad kids. It is hard to stop labeling people. I know for myself, I would dislike having a label. Once you are labeled, it never goes away. I’m sure that police officers use this bias every time they arrest a juvenile when they commit a crime. It is easy to label and or judge somebody. I’m sure police officers use implicate bias in their every day life when on the job. I think sometimes it is appropriate to be bias. I do not think that it is okay to be bias when it comes to races. It is not appropriate to use racial profiling. This is a classic example of implicit bias, and it needs to stop in our societies. Illinoisgurl002
I like that you gave an example of a way people can be bias and how some people are labeled due to these implicit biases. I agree that once you are labeled something it is hard to get out of that label. Stereotypes/labels often feed our implicit biases. Ark002
Most people in the world have explicit bias, these are bias that can range from the race of a person to how someone dresses. These are bias that we can measure and study. An example of this kind of bias is when you do not like people who sag their pants because you think they are lazy people. You do not think they are good workers because they do this. You have no idea what kind of worker this person but because he/she sags their pants you assume they are lazy and you do not hire them. Most people will not tell others about their explicit bias due to being ridiculed, embarrassed or it is not politicly correct. When people do show their Explicit bias they are caught easily and handled quickly. Where people get in the most trouble is when they have an implicit bias on something or someone. An implicit bias is a bias that we do not even know that we have, that is why it is so dangerous. Implicit bias are made from the culture that we live in. You might not have any Explicit bias but there is a good chance that you have an implicit bias, you might be nicer to a person of the same color than one of a different color. You do not have any bias to the other race but since you were raised in a culture of where it was just one race it was ingrained in your subconscious to be nicer. This can get you in trouble in the world, mainly in the policing field because you are more closely watched. You could be the best cop in your precinct, you are fair to all races and how they dress. But you give small breaks and are nicer to people who look like you and act like you without even knowing it. It is hard to know that you have an Implicit but there is a test to see if you have some. It is the Implicit Association test or the IAT, this is a test that measure how quickly you sort various picture with words on a screen. One of the ways that you can make sure that you are being fair is to just slow down. Reflect your thoughts and do the right thing being fair to all. -ClarkKent002
Most people in the world have explicit bias, these are bias that can range from the race of a person to how someone dresses. These are bias that we can measure and study. An example of this kind of bias is when you do not like people who sag their pants because you think they are lazy people. You do not think they are good workers because they do this. You have no idea what kind of worker this person but because he/she sags their pants you assume they are lazy and you do not hire them. When people do show this kind bias they are caught easily and handled quickly. Most people will not tell others about their explicit bias because they are so easily caught. People will not also show their Explicit bias due to being ridiculed, embarrassed or it is not politicly correct. Where people get in the most trouble is when they have an implicit bias on something or someone. An implicit bias is a bias that we do not even know that we have, that is why it is so dangerous. Implicit bias are made from the culture that we live in. You might not have any Explicit bias but there is a good chance that you have an implicit bias, you might be nicer to a person of the same color than one of a different color. You do not have any bias to the other race but since you were raised in a culture of where it was just one race it was ingrained in your subconscious to be nicer. This can get you in trouble in the world, mainly in the policing field because you are more closely watched. You could be the best cop in your precinct, you are fair to all races and how they dress. But you give small breaks and are nicer to people who look like you and act like you without even knowing it. It is hard to know that you have an Implicit but there is a test to see if you have some. It is the Implicit Association test or the IAT, this is a test that measure how quickly you sort various picture with words on a screen. One of the ways that you can make sure that you are being fair is to just slow down. Reflect your thoughts and do the right thing being fair to all. -ClarkKent003
I agree that most people do not say what their explicit bias is. I never really hear anyone say out load that they do not like a certain gender or a certain race. I agree that implicit bias can be very dangerous. Someone could possible say the wrong thing at the wrong time. -Soccer003
After having an in class discussion over implicit bias and watching these informational videos, I now know more than I ever previously did. Going into the criminal justice field, I personally believe these types of discussions and learning should be mandatory parts of the core structure of what you’re taught/told to do. Implicit bias is something that (at least from my personal viewpoint), isn’t talked about hardly at all in this field, but it certainly is prevalent in every officer/criminal justice worker every single day of their lives. After having a discussion and watching some incredibly informational videos about it, I’ve come to find out that everyone has biases whether they’re aware of it or unaware and have them subconsciously. The problem with implicit biases are (especially in the CRJ field), that everyone is supposed to and has earned the right to be treated fairly/equally by being a citizen of the United States and being human. By letting our biases show through and acting on them consciously or unconsciously, we aren’t giving fair treatment. Implicit biases can be developed through many means- whether they were demonstrated in front of you by parents while growing up, the area you live(d) in, what kind of people you were exposed to and raised with, as well as having poor experiences with some people of certain race/ethnicities/cultures/genders can all be potential causes of having developed some sort of bias. The problem for an officer, firstly, is whether or not they have the mental capacity to analyze their actions and thoughts to recognize unfair treatment or opinions when they have them or do them. Once recognized, the second part is even harder- breaking these habits and being aware of them, as well as refusing to let them affect your judgement and course of actions while in the field. Implicit biases can be based off of just about anything- wealth, the way you carry yourself or the way you speak, the kind of car you drive, your type of sexuality, the area you’re from- but to me, the most prevalent ones are based off of physical features- i.e. race, gender, culture, age, weight, or even height. Now knowing what I know and what I need to be aware of/look for in my future career, I feel as though I should make a better police officer, should that be where I end up. I know it will be difficult, but I am aware of a few biases I am now currently working on and trying to fix. GMan003
I think it is important to know about implicit biases because in order to be in the criminal justice field you have to be as unbiased as possible. We all have implicit bias and learning about it after we encounter a situation we can ask ourselves if we were fair or if any part of how we behaved or what we said was bias in any way, we can ask others to keep us in line because someday our bias that isn't noticeable to us at the time can get us into trouble if we react in a way that is noticeable to others as a bias. In law enforcement we should treat everyone the same. I notice sometimes that I can be ageist without meaning to be. An example of this is I was rear ended twice, once was from someone who was older and the other was someone who was younger. I didn’t notice until later on when I compared the situations that when the elderly person hit me I asked if they were okay and when they apologized I said it was alright and I was extra kind to them. The other time when the younger person hit me I asked if they knew how to drive and to pay attention to the road, and when they apologized I still said it was alright but with an attitude. I saw the elderly person as fragile and the younger person as reckless even though both times it was an accident. When I compared later even though I said it was alright both times I saw that I shouldn’t have been harsh to the younger person, I felt horrible and made sure that when things happen on the road I treat everyone with respect and treat everyone equally. This is good that I learned this because it helps me look back and compare certain situations and see that I was unfair and hopefully it keeps me from making the same mistake. I’m glad I learned this because now hopefully when I am subconsciously bias/ unfair in situations that happen to me when I’m in the field I can compare and notice what I need to change. Ark002
I agree that you have to be as unbiased as possible when it comes to law enforcement. I agree that some people don't notice when they start being bias. It can affect the way someone dose their job. I also thought the example that you used was really good.
The information given by our visitors was very informative. I liked that we were able to get the perspective of policing from two males and two females officers. Seeing that we have two females ranging in age and time frame on the force makes me proud as a woman that not only are they doing their job to the best of their ability but making a difference in our community. Lt. Sandoval who started the force 21 years ago and previously worked as a detective for 9 years prides herself on treating others as she would want to be treated. I believe this is a true testament on what it takes to move up the ranks. By showing others that you do not have to go out and be a “warrior” to get the job done. I like that all of our speakers when asked about their purpose and why they wanted to have a career in policing, not of them stated just to have a job. All had a reason for wanting to join the force and it was mostly for the betterment of our community. Also knowing that the way police are currently viewed in the media and by the community doesn’t affect the way that they police shows that they are officers with ethics and integrity. If you are truly out serving, protecting and trying to make a positive impact on your community you should not have to worry about body cameras, or how the media portrays officers. I also feel having the group speak is beneficial to the students who are looking to enter the policing career field because it gave them a chance to see a former student not only graduate but utilize what he learned in class and is now working on the police force. Jadist002
I think it is important to know about implicit biases because in order to be in the criminal justice field you have to be as unbiased as possible. We base a lot of our decisions and how we react towards situations on our implicit bias. The biases we can’t see nor notice. Like if you choose to walk on the other side of the street because there is someone who is dressed in what some would say “drab” clothes that make them look dirty or somewhat homeless. This is a bias that goes unnoticed a lot of the time, we judge people by how they look without even thinking we are judging them. If someone is dressed nicely we are more likely to be respectful to that person than someone who isn’t dressed as nice without realizing our tone of voice or the way we treat that person is different than the other. This is an important thing to learn about because working in the criminal justice field you are suppose to treat everyone equally, no matter their gender, race, social/economic class, etc. Some biases can be good like talking to juveniles in a different tone or treating them in a different way than you would an adult could make all the difference in changing their life or helping them own up to what they did wrong and directing them towards a better path. It is true that adults treat younger people and older people differently without even realizing it and in some situations this is necessary and can be a good thing. I think everyone should learn about this because it might help them see that they are unnecessarily bias or subconsciously bias a lot more often that they think or when they shouldn’t be. It is important to know about this specifically for law enforcement because in some situations implicit biases can get you in trouble such as if you treat someone differently (in a poor manor) or give them a ticket automatically when you usually use more discretion because you know of their religious practice and you don’t agree with it rather than treating someone with more respect or not giving them a ticket because you know they have the same religious view as you, this can get you in trouble if it is noticed that you are implicitly biased towards certain kinds of religions. Ark 003
I agree. being bias in the field of criminal justice leads to numerous issues. Specifically police involved shootings. Not saying that all cases that involved police were due to this issue but a majority to me were based on the belief that a specific race/group of individuals were either armed or would do harm. I also believe that implicit bias prevents a lot of women from moving up and progressing in the field of policing. This fear that women might not be as well trained or have the strength needed to be a leader. Jadist002
I agree with you in the sense that we base a lot of her decisions and how we react towards situations on our implicit bias. I really like the specific example that you gave about a man that is wearing clothes that were torn and dirty and most people would automatically assume that he is either poor or homeless. And on the other hand if you saw someone walking down the street in a suit with a briefcase he might think they are a businessman and maybe even successful one at that. -RHB003
My understanding on Implicit bias is making an informed decision based on feelings and not fact. To me implicit bias affects many officers in policing. This affects them and causes them to make arrest based on a race, sex or personal feelings. This also affect decisions when determining who is the right candidate for a promotion. As video one stated with implicit bias we unknowingly discriminate when decision making based on what our beliefs are. To me this is something that created from birth and how you are raised. If you are raised around one particular ethnic group, it would be difficult to interact with another group that you are not familiar with. That to me is something that builds racism and sexism. It is a learned behavior that affects your ability to make the right decisions. Having this mind frame also brings issues into the work environment because one would automatically pick a candidate no matter how ill-equipped for the job, they would be chosen simply because this is someone of the same race or sex. If a man was raised that men were never to let women lead, this man would have an issue with having a female as a supervisor. I do feel that one can “grow out” of this by interaction with other races and being in different environments and learn to make decisions based on right and wrong and not personal feelings. I was once told during a training class that everyone has some form of implicit bias. They way that this is tested, the question was asked “If you were walking down the street and coming towards you in the other direction was a group of white or black males, which group would you feel the least comfortable with and would cause you to move to the other side of the street and why?” Jadist002
I agree that it's important for people to interact with other people that are different from them. I think the fact we are able to, and many desire to separate ourselves from one another has been a terrible detriment to society. I think the more you interact with people that are different from you the easier it becomes to control your bias so that's a really good point you brought up. Avatar002
Implicit bias is are all over our community not just solely in policing and criminal justice. In the first video it talks about how they did a study depicting the same girl to two different test groups telling one group that she was poor and the other group that she was rich. They then asked the two cast groups to read the girl in subjects like mathematics, liberal arts, work habits, and motivation. For all four of these categories the group that thought she was poor rated her score significantly lower than the group that thought she was rich. This is called confirmation bias which means that we seek out information that supports our hypothesis and minimize anything that rejects it. Another implicit bias is called affinity bias Which liking or disliking someone influences our judgment of that person‘s preference. The third in place sit by us that the video talks about is in group favoritism which means exactly it sounds, it means we favorite individuals who belong to the same race or religion. These implicit bias operate automatically often times without us even knowing, The next thing he talked about was schemas which are prior knowledge that helps our brain sort things we come in contact with into broader categories. Schemas are activated through automatic mental processes that occur outside of our conscious awareness. In the next video he talks about attitude and stereotypes. Attitude is the general gut feeling or even value to valence. A stereotype is a trait associated with a category or group. These are both biases because they represent information that divergence from some neutral point. We learned these viruses through exposure through direct contact or secondhand contact. It is important especially going into criminal justice if we take a step back and think about the things 3rd parties have told us about particular groups. Many of us will have to come in contact with the community that we serve and if we have already formed these biases we might not be able to go do you our jobs ethically. Throughout these videos he stated multiple times that implicit bias is or not something we noticed however you can suppress them by going out of your way to make sure you were treating people that look like you and people that may not look like you the same way. -RHB003
I found this website to be very informative on the topic of bias. If people are being completely honest, they have bias that may not be shown in their everyday life. In the video labeled “lesson 4” on the website provided to the class it talks about explicit vs implicit bias. Explicit bias is conscious bias but it may not be verbal. This is something where if, as the video puts it, you close your eyes and ask yourself a question there would be an immediate answer to the question. This is something we may admit to ourselves but do not admit out loud. Implicit bias on the other hand is more unconscious awareness of bias. This type of bias is something that we are not able to identify ourselves even if we wanted to. The only way to see implicit bias is by running tests that have been discovered uncover these type of bias. One area that goes along with bias is attitude and stereotypes. Attitudes are an association between an item and a feeling. This comes with life experience and what a specific person has gone through. Stereotypes are a trait associated with a group. Both of these are subcategories that make up a bias.A lot of times, attitudes and stereotypes are a product of how a person was raised and the people they spend time with. I believe that people are fully a product of their environment. I feel as though this explains bias. As Dr. White put it in class, he may be more lenient or caring toward someone of his skin tone rather than someone who is not. This is by no means saying Dr. White is racist. This is just showing an example of implicit biased based off of who he grew up with. When you are raised in a predominantly African American community, that is who you will be comfortable with even if you yourself do not realize it. After looking through this site, I know that in order to be in criminal justice, their needs to be a complete understanding of your own bias. I realize that you may not be able to consciously know some, but there needs to be an understanding of it at the least. -AS003
I agree that understanding your bias is extremely important. I feel like half the battle is just acknowledging the bias exists. Once you can do that I think most people would want to work to eliminate it. Though that can be difficult as well I think if people are trying it'll at least help. Avator003
Implicit bias is certainly something to be aware of and try to combat especially if you want to be in law enforcement or really any career in criminal justice. Implicit bias is that bias that everyone has but isn’t really always aware of it is an unfortunate truth that we all have this but I think that if we work on realizing we have it and work hard to be aware when it comes up we can become better people and thus be better officers. In my experience it is often difficult to do this because I think a lot of people don’t want to admit that it’s there or think they are bad for having those initial thoughts. The first video from the website brings up some other forms of bias such as confirmation bias, affinity bias, and in group favoritism. I see all of these a lot but I think one of the more prevalent ones is confirmation bias. This has become especially true when it is so easy to access information that you already agree with and that’s all you seek out and accept. Certainly all three types I mentioned are all extremely important to look out for just confirmation bias is something I feel like I see a lot of today. The video also brings up equality and equity which I think are extremely important concepts to understand especially in criminal justice. If we are going to become law enforcement officers it is important that we do our best to check our biases at the door so that we can treat everyone with the same amount of respect and dignity that they deserve. All of us should know it’s not right to treat someone differently based on superficial reasons but because of our implicit bias we might be doing it accidently. I’m glad we are taking time to learn about this kind of thing because I think it will be important to continuously improve ourselves in this way. Avatar002
I agree with your response in that I think that we should definitely work on our implicit bias to be better officers out on the streets and really everything we do. Also you made a good point on how hard it can be to try to work on something such as these bias because a lot of people do not want to admit that they are thinking some of these bad or suspicious things about people that they probably do not even know. If you are not aware of having this bias you can not do anything about it or think about the ways that you are treating people and this will be a good thing to keep in mind when dealing with different people in the future. -Steel003
Implicit bias is certainly something to be aware of and try to combat especially if you want to be in law enforcement or really any career in criminal justice. Implicit bias is that bias that everyone has but isn’t really always aware of it is an unfortunate truth that we all have this but I think that if we work on realizing we have it and work hard to be aware when it comes up we can become better people and thus be better officers. In my experience it is often difficult to do this because I think a lot of people don’t want to admit that it’s there or think they are bad for having those initial thoughts. The first video from the website brings up some other forms of bias such as confirmation bias, affinity bias, and in group favoritism. I see all of these a lot but I think one of the more prevalent ones is confirmation bias. This has become especially true when it is so easy to access information that you already agree with and that’s all you seek out and accept. Certainly all three types I mentioned are all extremely important to look out for just confirmation bias is something I feel like I see a lot of today. The video also brings up equality and equity which I think are extremely important concepts to understand especially in criminal justice. If we are going to become law enforcement officers it is important that we do our best to check our biases at the door so that we can treat everyone with the same amount of respect and dignity that they deserve. All of us should know it’s not right to treat someone differently based on superficial reasons but because of our implicit bias we might be doing it accidently. In the context of investigations it’s possibly even more important to eliminate our biases. Having a bias during an investigation could easily lead you to come to bad conclusions. Imagine if you were on arrived at the scene of a crime and you already have it in your head the type of person that committed this crime and you devote your time and resources to finding that type and be totally wrong. If you come in with a confirmation bias chances are you are going to look at that crime scene and only look for evidence that supports your initial bias and that could cause you to dismiss evidence that would disprove your hypothesis. You also want to be sure you aren’t singling out people that are different than you or dismissing people that are like you. You have to be able to go where the evidence leads you. Avatar003
The creator of the videos did a very good job of explaining implicit biases. Before watching the videos I only had a slight understanding and he had made it a lot more clear to me. He talked about some interesting points in the videos like how mostly everyone unconsciously leans towards one personal aspect over another such as race or gender. He talked about the implicit-association test (AIT) which I found interesting because it talked about the different associations and reaction times and how when someone leaned towards a certain race it became easier for the person to get into the flow of it when positive words were associated with that race than the other race and choose the right hand to click the button. This made me think of how when police officers are out facing issues, they might not have the option to think through their choice entirely before they react due to life or death situations. When he was talking about stereotypes, it reminded me of whenever I'm at work. I work as a server and a lot of times I judge how well a table will tip based on how they look or act. Usually, if a group of teenage boys comes in I'm not going to expect much and I may pay more attention to my other tables, but I am not going to be rude to them at all. Often times I can also look at someone and be like oh they will probably order mountain dew or diet pepsi just based on their appearance. Sometimes I am right and sometimes I am not, but it's just an example of how I have applied a certain bias or stereotype on someone in my everyday life. Generally, stereotyping and biases will not be harmful if they are small and will not affect others, but in the line of police work, it is important to avoid it as much as possible. We experience biases and stereotyping almost every day and everyone especially someone working in the criminal justice system needs to be sure and not be controlled by their biases as much as possible and be fair to everyone. -Smokeybear003
Im sure that you have experienced being under tipped by a group of kids or even business people. But the difference between a group of teenagers is that they may not have the proper funds or education behind the importance of being tipped. but also they could also be a missed opportunity to get a good tip from. I used to be a former waitress and i do get it but i also still observe my surroundings as well and base my tips off of how many customers a server is serving at one time vs if we are the only ones there and the server took 20 minutes to get our orders or refills. If a server greats me with a smile, positive attitude that gets a better tip bonus if they make me laugh. Casket003
Implicit biases are very interesting. I had never even heard the term before we talked about it in class, and it was very interesting to learn about. We will see all kinds of different things or people and without even thinking about it or even talking to or meeting someone, we come to these conclusions about them that we have pretty much already figured out what kind of person they are even if this is not the case. A lot of it has to do with the way you were raised and how you were brought up to look at people or how to act, and for a majority of us we all got our upbringing in different ways, which is a good thing, but it can also be a bad thing when it comes to implicit bias and stereotypes. Like we talked about in class yesterday, even though someone may not be a racist or sexist, they still can treat people fairly, but they might also show a little more love to one party then another just because of where they came from and what they are used to. Or the example of the girl in the video, how two different groups of people watched the girl do the exact same thing in the video but one side she came from and wealthy home and the second group she came from a poor home, and they got two different results and bias from watching the same thing. That is sad but it is what our minds do when they are trying to put all of the pieces together. Implicit bias could be looked at as a bad thing and I think that it really can be but I think that it can be used in good ways if you are conscious of it like we are now. You may be out on the streets of an officer and maybe in a bad part of town and see someone doing something suspicious, maybe they are committing a crime and maybe they are not. I think that it could be used in a good way of having the suspicion and staying on your toes but also being able to recognize that they were really not doing anything and be able to treat them as a person like you should. I think that it is okay to use your bias but you need to know when it is time to give it up and start treating the person as they really are and how they should be treated. -Steel003
Explicit bias is when someone is consciously aware. When someone has an explicit bias, they have attitudes and beliefs about a certain person or a certain group of people and they consciously know it. It’s something the person has control over. An example would be that someone refuses to talk to people that are a different race from them. Another example can be that this person does not like women to be in certain careers because they believe that they are too emotional for it and that is true. Implicit bias is when when someone is not aware of the bias. It’s something that this person cannot control. It’s usually unconscious. An example of implicit bias can be that you would rather sit father away from someone of a different race then someone that is the same race as you even though you might not know that person. Explicit bias and implicit bias can really affect how a police officer does their job. I understand that everyone might be bias about something. You can’t be bias on the job. Being bias on the job can affect how you might handle things or the decisions that you make. Some officers might not even know they have implicit bias and it’s really bad time to find out when you are put in a situation that requires you not to be bias. If someone has a lot of explicit bias, I don't think they should be a police officer. If a police officer makes their explicit bias known, that might be a problem. If a police officer does not like people that are different race from them, they might not police the way they are supposed to and they might start doing police tactics that are not allowed. I feel like both of the biases can be a problem, but I feel like explicit biases can be worse. -Soccer002
I feel like there is a strong amount of people in this world that have more explicit biases than implicit because people are not always afraid to speak their mind or go about it incorrectly especially when it comes to racism and being open about why they won't associate with someone because of their race. It is quite sad. -holywaffles002
Explicit bias and implicit bias can be a problem when it comes to policing. Explicit bias is more consciously and implicit is more unconsciously. Both of these bias can affect how a police officer does their job. If you have explicit bias and your bias start causing problems while you are on the job. Everyone has bias. Even if they say they don’t have bias, they most likely do but they might not be aware. That’s was implicit bias is. Explicit bias is when someone might not like a specific gender or a different race. Implicit bias is when you stand farther away from someone of a different race then you would of someone with the same race. Implicit bias can be based on stereotypes or different attitudes towards certain things. Implicit bias can affect our actions, the decisions we make, and our understanding of different things. When it comes to implicit bias, people might not mean to discriminate or make other people feel bad, or make bad decisions. Implicit bias is something someone can not normally control. A police officer really has to try and not be bias and they need to make sure that they are treating everyone equally. A police officer needs to make sure that they think about what they are going to do or what they are going to say. The police officer might not notice the implicit bias, but the person that is talking to the police office might. When it comes to both of the biases, stereotypes can be a problem. Once someone has been stereotyped, it can be really hard to get rid of it. It does not even have to be a person, it can also be a neighborhood or a community. The main thing is that if someone wants to be a police officer, they have to try and control the biases they might have. -Soccer003
I think it also deals with the way people are raised. If there is an officer working in a big city police department, may work in a more crime ridden beat but this officer in particular was raised in a gated community, no contact with anyone but his or her skin color, never been put in life threatening situations, they do have an unconscious bias that they may not recognize until they begin working the job. This officer could be way quicker to separate his or herself and talk to someone of the same skin color before one of a different color. -holywaffles003
Seven things I learned from this video, one is the attitudes versus stereotypes. I feel like this is such an important one because everyone subconsciously has an attitude including the racism factor if that is how they are or how they were raised, whether they recognize it or not. But an attitude is different from sterotyping in a sense because the attitude you have against someone because of their skin color or whatever it may be, it will come out and be known. You can have your own views but not have an attitude towards those. The next is how they said "you learn how snakes are venomous" Meaning you learn that people have different views and some are harsher and unnecessary biases that are present and it is out of your control but it is like you are learning something unfortunate about someone. The next is how people are sorted into categories and schemas come out because it involves treating people fairly and going about it all in a correct manner. Next is you can report discrimination and instances similar on the UCLA website. I thought that was very neat and never knew it was there for people to use and fell comfortable about it. Implicit biases are those we cannot really identify and we know it is there but we just do not recognize it. It is a common mishap and it is very real. The last two things I found interesting was the IAT, which measures our implicit bias and how we associate concepts, one after another. It is an immediate reaction, it is what your mind brings together and it is another you cannot recognize because it just happens. The last is being humble, if you have a more humble personality it is proven that you are less likely to discriminate. -holywaffles002
I agree with you, I think racism plays a big role in how people were raised. Not only race, but political views, and even religion play a big role in how people think and act. This is then put into their work force and the way they act because it is hard to keep the way you are inside. People want to express the way they think and what they believe in. #notaplumber002
Explicit biases and the people that have these views I feel are way more concerning than the people who have more implicit biases are because they are more likely to open their mouths and engage in a heavier and heated conversation. People who are not scared to speak their mind. Implicit it is there and more subconscious but these people are aware of the steroetypes and attitudes. Whether we wish to believe this or not, these biases are present in law enforcement unfortunately and it is not law enforcement that chose for this to happen within their community and work but it happened overtime from all of the interactions that have occurred with police. Yes this obviously happens outside of law enforcement as well but it is more important for officers and these biases because this affects everyone as a whole. The bad seeds in department's who do certain things to target those of a different color or sex, if they do not sneak by, you know they will be on the 6 o clock news and it will make its way around the country and then that could just change one person's mind about police and then results a domino affect because that one person just lost faith. There will always be racism whether we like it or not, just like there will always be criminals and there will always be people. With the amount of people on this planet, we all should know not everyone wishes well on others or wants everyone to succeed and it happens everywhere. Explicit bias could be a situation where a law enforcement officer enjoys targeting the black community and writing them tickets and giving whites verbal warnings all because an interaction he or she may have had with one of a different skin color or the way that officer was raised or the way they made themselves out to be in life. An implicit bias could be in a situation where an officer specifically does not care for those who are transgender but does not show that with an attitude and does not place a stereotype over it. If they do show it in an attitude it will not be direct but instead it will be more of a :I do not enjoy talking to you but I will be fair to you" type of manner. While neither of these biases are preferred both are incredibly common. -holywaffles003
I liked your example you gave about a transgender and an officer. I think this is a big situation and a controversy. People need to be fair and equal to everyone. People will use any excuse they can to try and sue for money or even try to get out of a fine or sentence. If people think they got in trouble with the law because they were of the minority then they will find a way to use it against the other person and for themselves. Officers try their best to do their job correctly so they don’t have this effect or get in trouble because they were stereotyping. #notaplumber003
Implicit bias is all around us, every day. This is a big issue in the criminal justice field because officers have to deal with all sort of different people of race, cultures, and diversity. Some people might think that certain officers are targeting a specific group. This falls into the category of stereotypes. Another implicit bias is called affinity bias which is when a person likes or dislikes someone and is able to influences their judgment of that person‘s preference. Basically a term of convincing someone to like the same thing you do or believe the same way you do. Multiple people go off of what they were raised around. For example, many kids and teenagers follow the way their parents political beliefs are. Or even what religion their parents are, kids are most likely to follow in their footsteps. People running for political representation also do a good job of perceiving people and convincing them to believe and think what they think is right and correct. This falls into criminal justice because the people that officers work alongside with they become very close with because they see them frequently and often have to help each other in a time of need. People you work with are able to help you understand certain situations and problems and help you find a solution when needed. But they are going to show you the way they want you to know and their definition of right. Therefore, they could also change the way you think either about a certain area or environment, or even other co-workers, or people on the streets. This then puts a damper on how they should be fair and equal. I believe in the police force, officers need to treat everyone like humans and humane and treat them with respect and the way they would want to be treated if roles were switched. Police officers are human so it is hard to drop off the bias and not to take that into consideration. It is normal for people to think that way. But if there were specific ways or training to get people to think or reverse their mindset to think otherwise it would be beneficial not only for police officers but many of people in the working field. Even the issue with body cameras, their are bias towards them and people out on the street. If someone is know for getting in trouble with the law often, and like to physically fight with the officers they might not like body cameras because they are able to capture everything. #notaplumber003
I think its very interesting with how someone so important to you can impact your life with an opinion about someone. Yet, it can change someone you make interaction with that other person and can change you opinion. taco001
Bias is a big topic across the United States, there are many financial classes throughout the country. Even though the United States is one of the richest countries in the world, we still have issues with people being considered lower class. Being informed about bias will help people involved with criminal justice careers to know that people of more money “have it easier.” For example, there have been many cases where a young, rich, college student will get busted for drugs and maybe get off with a fine or warning. But a young, uneducated, lower class teenager will get charged for the same crime and have to do jail time and it will go on their record. Police officers and people in the criminal justice field need to know that they need to focus on the situation and not take the person’s socioeconomic state into consideration. Police officers patrol areas where there is a lower class and uneducated people more than the patrol nicer neighborhoods, where crime is even more prevalent. In one of the videos, they talked about the difference between attitude and stereotypes. Attitude is a gut feeling or evaluative valence. Where stereotype is a trait associated with a category or group. People can also have attitudes that lead into stereotypes. But a stereotype doesn’t always have to be directed towards a group of people, it can also be on where you live at, where you work, or even simple things like the make of the car you drive. Just like how some people associate police officers with being bad. Majority of them are not bad, they make mistakes because they are human. They are here to protect and help others in need. But if one person gets pulled over and had a bad experience, some may assume that all police officers are bad. #notaplumber002
I read the article “Are Emily and Greg more employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A field experiment on labor market discrimination” by Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan. In this article they studied racial bias in the workplace. In order to see if potential employers favored a certain race, the group sent out resumes of african american sounding names and white sounding names. What they had found was that 50 percent more of the white sounding names received calls backs for an interview. This was very shocking to me. I didn’t really know anything about that before reading the article. I also watched the video called implicate biased explicit v implicit bias. In this article he talks about how he believes that everyone is biased in one way or another. Whether that are conscious or subconscious they are there. No matter who the person is. People will often say things like “oh I don't see color, i love everyone” etc. Those people still will subconsciously favor a certain race over another. Not only race, but also age, gender, and religion. The speaker in the video discussed how most people don't willingly admit to that though because it could be embarrassing, unpopular, or politically incorrect. But they may admit to them own selves. The speaker also talked about attitudes and stereotypes that are beyond our consciousness too. These are called implicit stereotypes. They are the opposite of explicit biases, where as explicit biases we do know that they are there, even if we are not willing to admit them. Implicit biases are where we are not even able to to identify the biases or any of those feelings, and we are unaware of them. After watching this video I learned that there are scientist out there that have tools to measure the implicit biases. For example, they would use such tools as priming instruments, linguistic test, and neuroimaging. -pizza002
I read the article “Are Emily and Greg more employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A field experiment on labor market discrimination” by Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan. In this article they studied racial bias in the workplace. In order to see if potential employers favored a certain race, the group sent out resumes of african american sounding names and white sounding names. What they had found was that 50 percent more of the white sounding names received calls backs for an interview. This was very shocking to me. I didn’t really know anything about that before reading the article. I also watched the video called implicate biased explicit v implicit bias. In this article he talks about how he believes that everyone is biased in one way or another. Whether that are conscious or subconscious they are there. No matter who the person is. People will often say things like “oh I don't see color, i love everyone” etc. Those people still will subconsciously favor a certain race over another. Not only race, but also age, gender, and religion. The speaker in the video discussed how most people don't willingly admit to that though because it could be embarrassing, unpopular, or politically incorrect. But they may admit to them own selves. The speaker also talked about attitudes and stereotypes that are beyond our consciousness too. These are called implicit stereotypes. They are the opposite of explicit biases, where as explicit biases we do know that they are there, even if we are not willing to admit them. Implicit biases are where we are not even able to to identify the biases or any of those feelings, and we are unaware of them. After watching this video I learned that there are scientist out there that have tools to measure the implicit biases. For example, they would use such tools as priming instruments, linguistic test, and neuroimaging. All of this information is important to me because of the career I plan to go into. Being a police officer, you need to know how to diffuse situations which involves knowing each individual and how to treat every one of them. Race, gender, age, and religion are all factors that would help me to indicate how to treat a person. If i were to treat everyone equally, it would be hard for me to get the point across to most people. However, that must not be confused with judging a person based off of their race, gender, age, or religion. Drop mic. -pizza003
Implicit bias does not apply only to racial inequality, but also to gender, sexuality, socioeconomic class and almost every other inequality present in our society. While we do not necessarily try to discriminate against others, it still happens.The aim now is to make sure we are aware of them. As soon as we are aware of them, we can begin to combat them. We can attempt to change the way we think. Not all implicit biases can be solved, and not all of them can disappear or even shrink in size. But we certainly can and should try to decrease them. If not for ourselves, we should try for those our behavior affects. For instance, the implicit bias in law enforcement against people of color which multiple studies have shown to be true.These police officers are not bad people, most of the time they are not purposefully seeking out black people to kill. But most of the time police are just slightly more inclined to believe a member of a marginalized community has committed a crime than a white person.This personal, unconscious bias stems from a larger cultural belief or feeling. A high proportion of criminals on television are people of color. A high proportion of people in jail are people of color. As human beings, we notice these details and absorb them. We grow up knowing certain things to be true, and they ingrain themselves within us and manifest as implicit bias.The only way to fix these problems is to acknowledge their existence and very deliberately try to reverse them. Although implicit bias is unconscious, we must consciously try to nullify their effects.Implicit bias does not make you a bad person. Many conservative politicians believe discussing implicit bias is a way for liberals to point fingers and blame white people for racism. Bball003
I've taken these sorts of tests before, and I've arrived at a very strong conclusion about them: They're a complete crock.
Implicit Association Tests are incredibly unreliable, i.e. non-repeatable. One of the videos calls them "quick and dirty" for measuring the constructs that is called implicit bias. That's true, insofar as they are both fast and dirty in the sense that one smears it on things. But it's a game, when you boil it down to its fundaments, and games can be manipulated. People can't even repeat the game twice and yield the same results. Have their attitudes changed? Of course not. It's a test of reflex skills, and skill in those can be gained with practice.
So far as I can tell, these kinds of tests serve one purpose only, that of employing a whole host of people concerned with the words of the department that put out these videos: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Who decides what those words mean? Not the dictionary, for certes. They decide. Equity all too often means stealing from Peter to pay Paul. Diversity means forcing some that have earned out of their spots so that the organization can look a certain way. Inclusion means not merely allowance of a thing, but mandatory and enthusiastic praise of it. It is not they who enforce the law they write, but the police. I have no intention of enforcing a tyranny of any kind, least of all over men's minds.
To indict a man for what he thinks, to tell him that he is evil because he does not play a reflex game enough, is contrary to the entire spirit of the Western canon of law. It is not merely the Mens Rea that is to be punished and shamed by law, it is the Actus Reus. We have allowed a cult to spring up dedicated to the punishment of Mens Rea, while also defining what constitutes the evil that they seek to punish, and only certain of those that are punished, at that. If we allow the cult to continue, it will fracture our society, most likely along the racial divides that it feeds off of, and it may even consume us. I pray that it does not.
I agree that this test is complete garbage. I really hope that they aren’t implementing this test in any form of law enforcement because I really don’t think it measures any form of bias. I also agree that these tests are completely unreliable because all I would have to do is lie on this test and it would improperly measure my bias. Celtics001
The videos about implicit bias talked about certains ideas of what helps us make decisions about certain situations. When we have a belief of someone and judge them about something that is not necessarily true is a bias of some sort. Either it can be a conscious or a subconscious bias. We as humans favor certain people that we grow up around as one of our own even though we are all the same as humans. When it comes to policing and how does that affect the way officers do there job, bias have a lot to do with it even though it should not. As police officers have discretion on the job, they can make assumptions on someone they have a bias against. People when looking at something or someone, they create schemas. Which is categorizing things that relate to that specific person or thing. That is important in police because it can influence how an officer interacts with an individual and how they handle other situations with the community. As the police departments want to engage more within the community, it is important to lessen many bias towards groups. Not only would it impact the department on cases but also the media when looking into the police departments in current crimes. As some bias are not necessarily terrible to have because everyone has some, but some are when it comes to affecting the way you do you job or decisions in your daily life. When it come to implicit bias it is usually subconscious, there is not much thought given to a certain choice made just instinct. Police officers can lessen it with more communication with different groups in the community to help with it. dory002
Bias is another word for stereotype and judging others based on what they are heard to be known for but not what they truly are. The example they gave in the video was a perfect way to explain it. People judge others off where they came from and not who they genuinely are. Implicit Biases is in our everyday lives and we don’t even notice it. Officers go through it everyday..The IAT stands for Implicit Association Test. The IAT explains the reasoning why we match pictures/words with what we already know. The Black-White Race Attitude compares the attitudes between blacks and whites. There can be a new officer on a beat and before he get there a couple officer tells him “Wash out for a african american 5’9 male with with dark dreads with light brown highlights he live in the projects if you see him top him because he’s never not upto no good and got a nasty mouth. That’ll 9 times out of 10 be your first arrest of the day” now the police officer go to patrol that area and see’s the male and instantly stop him and starts to talk rude to him just because of what another officer said he came off rude and disrespectful to the boy instead of getting to know the male hse self but the male ends up being respectful to the officer and was just on his way to school and the officer felt bad because the male was actually nice and respectful to him. Everyone gets a different version of people. Treat people how you will be treated and you’ll never have to worry about anyone being nasty to you. When using implicit bias it could be the difference between defusing a situation and causing a situation.KenzieLand002
I disagree with your opening statement, I would not necessarily say that bias and stereotype are completely synonymous. I do think they go hand in hand, but they are not interchangeable. I do agree though that many times our judgments of people are usually irrational, until or unless we are given the opportunity to actually get to know someone.-psych001
Explicit bias is when someone might not like a specific gender or a different race. We live in a day and age where implicit bias is a common thing in the criminal justice system. Bias is are all over our community not just solely in policing and criminal justice. .A lot of times, attitudes and stereotypes are a product of how a person was raised and the people they spend time with."you learn how snakes are venomous" Meaning you learn that people have different views and some are unnecessary biases. many kids and teenagers follow the way their FAMILY’S political beliefs. It’s basically a follow the leader game. No one have a mind of their own. It bring back to the oral tradition. Everyone have their own beliefs and stick to it from generation and generations. Same with police officers might not notice it right away but every police officer have their own beliefs. The speaker also talks about attitudes and stereotypes that are beyond our consciousness. Those are called implicit stereotypes. They are the opposite of explicit biases where for explicit biases we do know that they are there even if we are not willing to face the fact. Attitude are general gut feeling or even value to valence. A stereotype is a trait associated with a category or group. I think it is best that anybody in the criminal justice field and law enforcement officers it is important that we do our best to check our biases.KenzieLand003
My view on implicit biases is that people allow what they feel about certain areas to control their lives. By that I mean what people believe they will put that into play. If someone was really rich and sees someone with something that they do not have... they will probably put that person in a position where they feel really low. I do believe police officers or people on the criminal justice systems show implicit biases all of the time. For example we see how if a Caucasian gets sentenced for something and an African American sentenced for the same thing... guess who will get the longer sentence? We see it all of the time. It’s bevause of the biases that goes all around the world. People believe that certain races, religions, beliefs or whatever else determines who the person is. An example I had with an implicit bias recently was that an officer followed me out of my job and I pulled off but my headlight was not on. I followed the procedure did everything the police officer told me to do but I had to wait for about 30 minutes and all he gave me was a warning. But the next day someone else at my job said that same thing happened to them (another race) and the police just told them to turn their lights on and left. Why is it that this person of another race was able to just leave and I had to wait for him to search my name? We in the criminal justice area have to do better and put our beliefs to the side while working. If we lived by what we would believed in the world he really judgmental and people probably wouldn’t want to come to us if they need any help with areas of this profession. Okurrr003
It is sad to see that sentences get altered because of our implicit biases. It is not like we can help it, because we do not know that we have them. It is just how people are, and they will always have implicit biases in one way or the other. -lilbaby001
Unfortunately we live in a society full of implicit bias whether we realize it or not. we have the tendency to weigh in one direction over the other. For an example if a stranger in front of you in a check out line is short changed you may offer to cover their balance to where as if we seen a homeless person standing in front of us short changed we would look away because we don't want the hassle. Kids now days are bias against the police because of he picture media has painted of them. When I was a child we thought officers were awesome super heroes. Also I have seen officers mean mug a child because the child was one of color and two was afraid of the officer while letting it be know. i feel that the officer should have educated the child a said that im not here to do you harm im here to help you and get a better understanding to know as of why you are afraid of officers. When it comes to implicit bias we need to educate our selves and others and learn to recognize when we are being biased. casket003
We do not even know we have some of these implicit stereotypes or attitudes. These can cause us to discriminate based on social categories such as race, gender, age, etc. These implicit biases happen automatically without conscious awareness. These threaten our generousness. Schemas are things you see and automatically know what to do. They are activated through automatic mental process and they happen beyond our conscious control. This is what is known as implicit cognitions. They are not necessarily bad because without them, we wouldn’t be able to navigate the world around us. Stereotypes and attitudes are considered as biases because they represent information from a neutral point. Explicit biases are stereotypes and attitudes that you know you have. An implicit bias is a stereotype or attitude that you have no direct access to. Our implicit biases influence our decisions in small but consequential ways. The r-value for the implicit bias-meta analysis is .15, which is relatively low. We cannot identify our implicit biases through direct examination because we do not know they are even there. The IAT is an implicit bias test that tests our implicit biases to know. They do different test to ultimately find what your implicit biases are. A lot of these implicit biases are implemented to race. They do the keyboard test with race corresponding with good words and bad words. I could see how this test could be affective with our implicit biases. There are three basic strategies to mitigate our biases, the mindset, debiasing, and decoupling. This could definitely affect correctional officers because of the diversity in prisons or jails. They come across all different kinds of people, and these biases could come into effect while in the workforce. -lilbaby001
I agree that we do not always know that we are stereotyping and putting bias on people without even knowing it or them deserving it. It is not always a bad thing that we do this, but it could be a bad thing if it is very prevalent in our everyday lives. -Legion001
I agree as well. I think that it is crazy how everyone has these implicit biases in the back of their minds but do not realize it. It really does show a lot of the times in a persons work and how they may treat one person compared to another. -Anchorman001
Implicit biases are in everyday life, and there are very little ways around them. The videos showed some ways we can get around them and be more mindful of our implicit biases. Implicit biases can be good and bad things. Some bad things that are implicit biases are stereotypes. I do not believe that no how much training or knowledge you have you can get around stereotypes. Not all stereotypes are harmful. They can help us with everyday life. They might save your life. There is a stereotype of “south side” of towns where people have a negative perspective on them because maybe that is where a lot of the crimes are and other things, but not all south sides of cities are bad, and not everyone that lives in them are criminals, but it could save your life knowing that and avoiding those areas after certain times of the day. Implicit biases can also go into your job, especially law enforcement. Law enforcement professionals have to be aware of these implicate biases. Except that can be really hard to do if they are implicit which means the officer does not know that they have these biases. The officer might think they do not have them, but in fact, everyone has them. They can be negative when being a law enforcement officer and it could be hard to combat them. You might think that you are fair to everyone and not letting certain people off easier or harder when you might actually be. -Legion001
I agree that not all implicit biases are a bad thing, although sometimes these biases can make things difficult at places like a workplace. I like the example you described about how people will assume that the south side of a city is bad and it is just another example of implicit bias. There can be a lot of implicit biases when it comes to law enforcement and there may be little ways around them. -Ram001
I agree when you said an officer has a lot to fight when in the field due to implicit bias. It can make the job way harder than it already is to deal with when you are trying to combat a bias you have. In the justice system we live in, a bias can cost you the career you worked so hard for. -Blues001
There is a distinct difference between a bias that is implicit, and one that is explicit. An implicit bias is one that is ingrained, that we all have but are not conscious of. Implicit biases are not those that we think about, but rather they just exist. Another branch, per say, of an implicit bias would be an attitude. Our attitudes are based off of general gut feelings, or evaluative valence. Much like implicit biases, our attitudes are generally formed before we can even realize what is responsible for it. On the other hand though, is an explicit bias. An explicit bias is one that you know you possess, and still generally fall victim to. A kind of extension of this would be stereotyping. Stereotyping is when we take these thoughts and/or feelings that we know we have and we associate others' traits with a specific group or category. All of these elements play a role in our law enforcement, and there are even more. A more specific kind of bias that you are likely to see within law enforcement, and criminal justice in general, is affinity bias. An affinity bias is present when we take our liking or disliking of someone and let it influence our judgement of their performance, or in a criminal case their guilt, or lack there of. Another very common form of bias found in our criminal justice system would be confirmation bias. A confirmation bias is one where you look only for information that will support, or confirm, your own hypothesis while minimizing information that does not. An example of confirmation bias would be having a defendant who is of higher socioeconomic status getting off for a crime that another person, of lower socioeconomic status, may have committed but got punished for. Say the crime was theft, the jurors, or other people of the court may try to confirm that someone of higher standing in society, and in finances, would be less likely to steal than the accused that is maybe below middle class or living in poverty. Though both accused may be guilty, on the basis of confirmation bias, the person of lower socioeconomic status is more likely to be punished than the other, or may even just be given a harsher sentencing. Automatic cognitive processes are something we all experience, leading to biases we cannot control. Not so similarly though, many of us do possess biases that are explicit and can overall effect how we perform in our criminal justice based careers. -psych001
Implicit bias in my own words is the stereotypical perceptions that we have on people based on different factors. Unfortunately implicit bias can be found anywhere like in a workplace, a school, or even just out in public. Sometimes we have these types of biases even when we don't know it. Not all bias are bad in my opinion, although they may prevent us from seeing someone for who they really are. In lesson 1 they show us that everyone views someone based on their physical appearance. For example if there was someone walking in public people will just automatically assign them in social categories such as such as age group, race, and gender. So then once we categorize a person we then start to have attitudes and stereotypes towards them. Implicit biases are biases that we don't consciously know we have while explicit biases are the attitudes and stereotypes that we know we have. Biases can impact how a person behaves towards another. Implicit and explicit biases can affect who can get what type of job. For example, an employer may be interviewing men and women but he will have his mind set on hiring a man because he feels that a man can do a better job than a woman. This is an example of explicit bias. Unfortunately, implicit and explicit biases are everywhere and can effect the outcome of certain things. Especially in the workplace people will have these biases towards others. These biases can end up benefiting some while hurting others. -Ram001
I agree with your post. Implicit and explicit biases, stereotypes, and attitudes towards others are very dangerous because that can create drastically different outcomes than if there was no bias of any sort. Explicit bias is more dangerous, in my opinion, because we are aware of explicit bias but continue with it anyways. This only feeds our implicit attitudes while potentially hurting others. -Drums001
These videos on implicit bias were very informative; before watching them, I had no idea that we all have subconscious biases in our automatic cognitive process. The opening video talked about the experiment performed in 1983 when eight participants each evaluated the same video of a young girl, but half were told she came from blue collar families and the others were told that she came from white collar families. I honestly thought the outcome was very shocking when the girl was rated lower in all categories by the group that thought she was lower class than the group told that she was higher class, even though both groups were shown the exact same video. I also thought it was really neat that scientists have come up with tests like the IAT to measure a person’s implicit bias, even if someone is trying their hardest not to have any bias. Lastly, I thought the video on countering implicit bias was very interesting. The methods that the narrator listed were very insightful and made sense after learning about them. The narrator also listed a few exercises that help to reduce implicit bias, stereotypes, and attitudes. My favorite method that the narrator lists is decoupling. This is when you try to break the links between bias and behavior through a logical and statistical approach. One example of real application of this device is by structuring and diversifying interview processes with members of different backgrounds and ethnicity so that their implicit bias cancel each others’ out. This, over time, will also will also lower the interviewers’ and employers’ implicit biases. Drums001
i'm in the same boat as you, i had never researched implicit bias or anything. this was definitely very informative. i like that you brought up the interviewing process, very good example. sexyinbikini001
I’ve never looked into implicit bias before today. I’ve heard about it before, but never really had any interest in researching it. I’ve been watching through the videos on the page and I must say that this is a very interesting topic. Implicit bias is something that everybody has. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing though, it’s helped the human race survive through the years. It keeps us safe from the unknown. It’s a trait that has been passed down from generation to generation through our genetic code. At first when I was watching these videos, I felt bad knowing that even if I meant to do the right thing, I still fall victim to these biases. However, by recognizing these biases that we have, we can correct our thoughts and how we treat others. In the very first video on the page they showed a good illustration of how implicit bias looks. A little girl is being analyzed for potential by a number of people. 50% of the people were told that she lived in a rich neighborhood while the other 50% were told she lived in a poor neighborhood. The test showed that people associate wealth with potential. None of these people meant harm, it was just their implicit bias of poor and rich people. All in all, this is a very interesting and thought provoking topic. Sexyinbikini001
I understand that feeling you mentioned of feeling bad when we try to do the right thing but still being biased in some way. However if it is true with how you mentioned that our human race has survived and prospered on with this trait then maybe sometimes it is for the best. -Lobster001
I agree that it is disheartening knowing that we are all guilty of having these biases, conscious or not because we want to be fair, but implicit biases are an obstacle that we all must get over in order to do so. I have also seen many social experiments that tested the biases towards people who are not wealthy and it is sad, but these people don't even know they are acting on these biases. -Reid001
I took the test and it said that I have a moderate automatic preference for European Americans over African Americans. I think that this study is terrible. The questions that it asks you are extremely racist and only people who have an extreme issue with black people or who are extremely racist would select anything but the answers I selected. The next part of the racial test is where I would press two keys to categorize pictures. All this tests is my ability to remember what side to put good and bad on. This test was more for my hand eye coordination and ability to remember then it was testing my implicit bias. I truly believe that this test does not have the ability to accurately determine implicit bias. I look forward to never taking this test again. Celtics001
After watching this video, I felt like I had never truly thought about implicit bias. The fact that my mind has a subconscious bias really struck me in a way that surprised me. Implicit bias are the biases that we do not even recognize are there but really they are in the back of our minds and we are not conscious of them. Explicit bias on the other hand is a type of bias that we know is there and is conscious to us as an individual. Throughout the videos that I watched, I was able to learn many different things. One of the things that stood out to me was that there were methods or certain things you could do to lessen your implicit bias. In one of the videos it talked about a certain bias that is found in the criminal justice system. This form of bias is known as confirmation bias. Confirmation bias is the tendency to interpret only certain evidence and information to confirm your own beliefs in a theory or matter. For instance, a good example of confirmation bias would be if someone who is wealthy got away with selling drugs while a poor or less fortunate person who committed the same crime received a charge just because he is not as fortunate and has less than the wealthy individual. The fact that we as people all have our own thought processes and our own biases really could affect a certain outcome of a situation. Especially for those who are going into the criminal justice field. -Anchorman001
Before looking through this website and watching the views I was only certain of knowing what a bias is. I now have a much deeper knowledge of the term bias and it now makes an immensely larger difference on how I see it in our criminal justice system in our country. Learning the difference between implicit and explicit bias was something that caused a great realization to me that no one is perfect and we all have an implicit bias, which is a bias that we have but do not see or notice. An implicit bias can greatly impact our criminal justice system because that is something a person can not notice, or at least notice right away. In a corrections position an officer may have an implicit bias of not liking a certain inmate or gang and favor someone else over them or not treat them the way they are supposed to be treated and that diversity can cause trust issues and disparity among staff. In the courts this can cause a judge or prosecutor to want a harsher sentence when they think they are being fair, when in reality their implicit bias is controlling their thought process. In our justice system an explicit bias will cost you your career because you are expected to eliminate that completely and treat everyone with equal rights that they deserve. Regardless whether or not you realize you have a bias, it is there and there is a lot to learn on this site about what they are and how they can affect the criminal justice system. -Blues001
When I read the name of this video I was a bit skeptical because in my mind I believed "I know what my biases are, I know what I don't like and don't affiliate with." However, after watching this video I was actually really surprised with the Implicit Bias's that people can have. Learning that what I thought were actually explicit bias's and that I could have more bias's hidden is game changing for me, It made me think when I look at people what do I think without really trying too. I was interested in the countermeasure of Debiasing. The video mentioned that it was harder for us to abandon our biases due to the fact that they are based on what we see or have seen. The more I look at my life and what I was around I kind of get a sense of the correlation between certain instances of my life and how I see people. I will definitely have to look at this more and learn more as I try to go into criminal justice, because the last thing you want is biases. -Lobster001
Implicit biases are the biases that we are not aware of, but they do still exist and can even effect how we treat others sometimes. Some examples would be homophobia, racism, or sexism. In the context of Law Enforcement, it is imperative we take steps to find out what each of our own implicit biases are so that we can combat them and learn how to minimize them. In order to be fair and trustworthy, we need to treat everyone the same no matter what we may think of them, consciously or unconsciously. One should also not be ashamed that they have implicit biases because everyone does. What's important is how one deals with them and makes sure they don't get interfere with their professionalism and how they treat people. One of the videos talks about the ways to counter these biases. The first is your mindset. You need to come to the realization and accept that everyone, including yourself have these implicit biases and you are not better or more fair than anyone else. You also need to be mindful of what your personal biases are, so you can try to not act on them. You also need to have a desire to be fair. Another way to counter a bias is to surround yourself with people who break the stereotypes, such as females in leadership roles, or males in more nurturing roles. I thought this was a really good tip and it sounds like it would be very effective. -Reid001
I think that implicit bias how it was explained in the video can change someone decision making very impactfully. There are many things they people unconsciously do even though they are intentionally making it seem. I think that in law enforcement implicit bias can affect someone's job if its lets it. Like it was mentioned everyone has a bias about someone or something. It might have been influenced by family, friends, religion, politics, etc. Yet, if there is any positive interaction with that one thing there is a bias against of to unfold. Where that can help with building relationship in place there isn’t in the community. When an officer clears his or her mind away from bias there is a chance of better policing because everyone would be treated equally. Once the community notices that they are treated fairly there is a chance that you won’t have much problem communicating with them. That being said the bias that was once there would be there because there isn’t a culture of fear from the police but a relationship within the department and the community. Then the bias put on those in the community won’t continue to be a label that they have to keep hearing. taco001
Implicit Biases are in our everyday life’s. Sometimes officers who make those biases have no idea that they are doing it. Sometimes unconscious bias are made even with officers unknowingly doing it. An example of bias’s is when an officer is told two different things about the same person. One part being that this person is a gun dealer and isn’t a very friendly person. The other part is that officer is told the person is a drug dealer and a somewhat friendly person. The officer would probably treat drug dealer little bit better because he’s known to be a better person. Affinity bias has to do with our own opinions about if they like that someone and how they treat them. Ingroup favoritism shows how we treat someone based on them being on our team compared to on the opposing team. The automatic cognitive processes affect us in how we make these decisions and how we see others. If we did not have this function of our brains, than we would not be able to come up with bias and make our own opinions on each matter. Just walking by someone can lead to multiple different biases. What they look like, gender, race, height, weight, age and much more. Schemas are templates for data our brains store without us even knowing about it. Implicit biases can alter our decisions and thoughts. The IAT stands for Implicit Association Test. The IAT explains the reasoning why we match pictures or words with what we know. The Black-White Race Attitude compares the attitudes between blacks and whites. There is an interesting computer task that makes you sort the faces with what color the person is. Doing this, you can see if sometimes labeling a face before you truly see it can play a factor. -chicubs002
ReplyDeleteI too found these videos interesting. I learned more than I ever knew. Before watching these videos I knew almost nothing about implicit bias. What I found especially interesting is that the Black and White Race attitude. Another thing I found very interesting is the IAT test (Implicit Association Test). –Adventureflight002
Deletechicubs002, I agree we all have bias. Whether we’re are aware of them or not, they are still in our subconscious. This tendency makes it harder to be united as a community. Half the battle for improvement is knowing we all have this underlining thought process. Once we understand that, then genuine growth can begin. We all need to be conscious of implicit bias, but especially for police officers. This is key. They must to understand implicit bias for their own benefit and for those they encounter on the job. Their job impacts so many people in the community. They should be advocates for raising awareness for implicit bias, since they are the structure of the community. -CoalRoller003
DeleteIt was really interesting how much implicit bias there is and how we can do it without really doing it. It was always clear that bias was a very real thing but i did learn a lot of things. All together it was very informative and gave a lot of insight to bias. -pizza002
DeleteI watched the video on Implicit Bias. I had just a brief basic knowledge of this concept. In the video I found many different things highly interesting. The speaker seemed to use African-Americans and Caucasians in the presentation more than any other ethnicity. At times he seemed to side with one over the other group; just my prospective on it. Through his presentation he made some very good points. He believes strongly that we all have implicit bias, subconscious bias. No matter where, or when we grew up, he thinks all humans have some underlining subconscious bias that is wiring into our cognitive development. Even the people who claim they are not prejudiced and love all people, still have ethnicity preferences. We are human, so I am not sure we can limit this tendency in its entirety. However, I think it can be reduced. In the presentation, the speaker displayed a computer-generated picture of a Caucasian and an African American. He proceeded to ask the congregation which picture side was the individual smiling in. He explained we tend acknowledge the smile sooner in our own ethnicity than the other, which is interesting. He revealed that we are milliseconds slower to identify smiles in other ethnicities than our own. In day to day living, milliseconds does not matter to the extreme to be able to tell facial emotions and body language of an induvial of a different ethnicity. However, when protecting the community like police do milliseconds do matter. Sometimes it is to the intense level of life and death. Implicit bias, subconscious bias can be the difference between firing a weapon on an induvial in a split second. Implicit bias needs to be understood as it affects everyone simultaneously on a daily occurrence. We all need to be aware of this quiet mental thought process that we all have. The speaker wanted the audience to be aware of how dangerous implicit biases can be for the health of our businesses, police and communities at large. He continued his presentation by adding some helpful pointers to minimalize the affects of implicit bias in our own lives. He encouraged the group to be motivated in fairness, humble, curious and mindful to other ethnicities as this creates a great way to develop an attitude of awareness for others. These suggestions were simple, basic and very applicable to daily living. I found this to be a great approach to limiting the affects of implicit bias. The speaker made me more aware of this quiet thought process we all share. -CoalRoller003
ReplyDeleteIt was really interesting how much implicit bias there is and how we can do it without really doing it. It was always clear that bias was a very real thing but i did learn a lot of things.However i do think that different gender and race has a lot to do with how the officer will diffuse the situation because if you treat everyone the same you might not get across very good. Its clear you understand what was being said in these videos and articles. -pizza003
DeleteImplicit bias are everywhere in the community. all our police officers are required to be careful while on duty. Mostly this is why most agencies are now recommending a well trained police officers in policing. simple steps, such as listening and communicating, can help transform stressful situation into community building exercises. We all raised differently with different cultural believes, but to take a step and decide to be a police officer, be aware that yo are going to meet different kinds of people this could be race gender and ethic. Police training should be seriously the importance of solving this situation and incorporate it into their core curricula. Officers should be trained to recognize and respond appropriately to concerns expressed by citizens and communities. I do believe since the body cameras has come to existence most police are conducting their duties effectively. Another idea is that when the police are told about the suspect, its good idea to follow the right procedure but not just how the person look like or from what you been told. Over time, the belief that the police are unfair and untrustworthy leads citizens to begin to view the police as lee legitimate, making cooperation less likely. what remains from these on us with the polices officers is mentality to be on other side and citizens on the other.it is hard to imagine a world where public safety is a achieved this way.To control this problems community and law enforcement should not believe something they hear about others. GUSII 003
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with what you are saying. Police officers need to be able to understand who they are dealing with at the point in time to properly defuse the situation. You can not treat everybody the same way. Each race and or gender has there own way of dealing with certain situations. Batman002
DeleteAfter watch the videos on implicit bias I learned so much. One thing I learned is that they are in our everyday lives. They are in our schools and communities, just to name a couple. Another thing I learned while watching these videos is that implicit biases are there whether people knew it or not. An example would be that a police officer is told two different statements about the same person. One statement that they are told, for example, is that the person is a drug dealer and not the friendliest person. The other statement is that the person is a drug and kind of a friendly person. The police officer would probably treat the person who is a drug dealer better, knowing that they were a good person rather than not the good person. A third thing I learned from these videos is that affinity bias has to do with our own opinions about how they feel about the person and how they treat them. This could really be used today because all of what people see on television. What I mean is that people need to put the law in front of their personal values. The fourth thing I learned while watching these videos is that in-group favoritism shows how we treat someone based on their religion and moral values. This shows how people would treat someone, for example, of their religion and how they would treat someone that is of another religion. The fifth thing I learned is that the automatic cognitive process affects us in how we make decisions and how we see others. If we didn’t have this function of the brain, than we would not be able to come up with bias and make our own decisions on each individual matter in bias. Just walking, running, etc. next to someone can lead up to making bias. Bias such as gender, race, age, weight, height, and many many more. The sixth thing I learned was that schemas are templates for data our brains store without us even knowing about it. The seventh, and final, thing that I learned was that there is this test called the IAT test. IAT stands for Implicit Association Test. This test explains why we match pictures or certain words we already knew. I found this video interesting and I learned so much. –Adventureflight002
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting how we all create these bias from just growing and learning. yet, we know the right thing to think about people, we all judge and are influenced to treat people differently even though we shouldn't. dory002
DeleteWe live in a day and age where implicit bias can is a common thing in the criminal justice system. It happens all day everyday in every community all over the world. Even the common person uses implicit bias without even knowing that there doing it. Implicit bias can be the difference between life and death. Police officers use implicit bias by determine who is doing what in the area. If there are gangs in the area police officers can determine the other people they hang around. Implicit bias is even used when there’s a gun involved. Police officers have a split second to determine if that’s a gun on the person. If not the police officers could potentially be in harm way or even die. Implicit bias could also save someone’s life. If there’s a police officer in a bank and someone or multiple come and that start to look at each other multiple times or look at their body language that police officer could determine that their about to rob that bank. Which means he was aware of his or her surroundings which is apart of implicit bias. Even though police officers use implicit bias during their whole career lives they must still be rational when using it otherwise it could be used in the wrong way. When using implicit bias it could be the difference between defusing a situation and causing a situation. That police officer could be mistaken for using implicit bias as for racism towards a group of people. It’s commonly debated that police officers shouldn’t use implicit bias but sometimes you do not know that your doing it so it can be hard to stop doing it or what if you needed to use implicit bias and you did not but it’s too late. Batman002
ReplyDeleteI agree that implicit bias can really affect a police officer’s job. Being a cop with an implicit bias could mean that you make the wrong decisions or spend time looking in the wrong spots. It can also mean that you treat people differently based on the way they look. If we want our cops to get better then we should really look more into eliminating implicit bias.-Celtics002
DeleteI agree with you- in today's day and age implicit bias is prevalent in pretty much anybody's daily life and plays apart of a daily struggle of pretty much any criminal justice employee. It's a sad thing to admit, but it is apart of our brain structure- we have "schemas" which are basically templates of information that our brain stores without our conscious knowing. Unfortunately, it seems as though a large majority of people lack the mental capacity, or just simply don't care, to not only recognize their biases, but to change them or at the very least be aware of them and not let them affect their decision making and thoughts. GMan003
DeleteWe live in a day and age where implicit bias is a common thing in the criminal justice system. It happens all day everyday in every community all over the world. Even the common person uses implicit bias without even knowing that there doing it. Regular people use it towards the police without knowing they are doing it. They label one group of bad police officers with the good police officers who really do care about they job and they are not just using the badge for power. Implicit bias can be the difference between life and death. Police officers use implicit bias by determining who is doing what in the area like if there is a call of abuse and he or she is answering the questions for her you can use implicit bias to tell that she is scared to talk and he is giving the answers so that the police officer would go away. If there are gangs in the area police officers can determine the other people they hang around. Implicit bias is even used when there’s a gun involved. Police officers have a split second to determine if that’s a gun on the person or another object. If they do not notice the police officers could potentially be in harm way or even die. Implicit bias could also save someone’s life. If there’s a police officer in a bank and someone or multiple come and that start to look at each other multiple times or look at their body language that police officer could determine that their about to rob that bank. Which means he was aware of his or her surroundings which is apart of implicit bias. Even though police officers use implicit bias during their whole career lives they must still be rational when using it otherwise it could be used in the wrong way. When using implicit bias it could be the difference between defusing a situation and causing a situation. That police officer could be mistaken for using implicit bias as for racism towards a group of people. It’s commonly debated that police officers shouldn’t use implicit bias but sometimes you do not know that your doing it so it can be hard to stop doing it or what if you needed to use implicit bias and you did not but it’s too late. Implicit bias has its good and bad things that come with it but so does everything else. As long as the police officer that is using implicit bias for the right reason and not because he or she does not like that particular person or that race or that gender it should be allowed in the criminal justice system. Batman003
ReplyDeleteI agree with you implicit bias is a very common thing, and I do not think most people realize that. Every human being has them, and we do not even realize that we are using them, or expressing a bias opinion. Bias opinions are completely natural, and form them based on our experiences, how we have grown up and many more factors. But that doesn't make us a bad people, it's how we use our bias opinion is what makes a good or bad person. Police officers especially need to be careful with how they express their opinions.
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An implicit bias is a bias that you don’t even realize that you have or are showing, but might do it quite often. An example would be someone who grows up in a town that is predominantly Mexican, and they move to a town that’s completely white. They might have an implicit bias against white people because they haven’t been around that type of population before. For me, I grew up in the very small town of Tremont, which only has around 3,000 people. Almost everyone in our high school was white except for a few black kids, one of them my best friend. I’m not really sure what my implicit bias would be because I have always been surrounded by white people but tend to have more black friends then a lot of my other friends. One implicit bias that I noticed I have is against people who are Asian. When I was working at Target last year on black Friday there were five people that cut in line, which was my job to control. All five of them were Asian so I developed this bias against Asian people. Next year on black Friday I found myself watching the Asian people closer then the others even though none of them ended up cutting in line. I realized that the situations I had been put in and the lack of experience I had with that specific race allowed my brain to develop this bias against an entire group of people. All of this happened without me even realizing it. This situation made me get rid of my implicit bias and I now know not to think like that. -Celtics002
ReplyDeleteImplicit bias is hard to point out and see. I am the type of person who is friends with everyone no matter the color. If you are nice to me I will be nice to you. I would like to think that I do not have any implicit bias but I have started to notice that I am nicer and more friendlier to people dress respectable in public than those who look like trash. -ClarkKent002
DeleteImplicit bias is found everywhere in society. Police officers are required to be careful while they police to ensure they don’t have biases as they try and do their jobs. Today more and more agencies are now recommending more training for police officers. Another fact I learned was the automatic cognitive processes and how it affects us in how we make these decisions. It also affects how we see others. Simply walking by someone can lead to multiple different biases.If we did not have this function than we would not be able to come up with bias. We would make up our own opinions on each matter. What they look like, gender, height,race, weight, and age. Another thing I found was that schemas are templates for data information that our brains store without us even knowing it goes on. Implicit biases can determine or alter our decisions and thoughts. Implicit bias or subconscious bias can be the difference between firing a weapon when it comes down to the law enforcement officers. Affinity bias has to do with our own opinions about if they like that someone and how they treat them.The IAT stands for Implicit Association Test. The IAT explains the reasoning why we match pictures/words with what we already know. The Black-White Race Attitude compares the attitudes between blacks and whites. I overall like reading about implicit bias and found it interesting that we all have a bias of some sort even though we might not even be aware we do. After reading the website and watching the videos, you can see how law enforcement officers have to deal with bias on a daily basis within the community.
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I agree with you, implicit bias is found everywhere, and formed by everyone, it is a natural thing we use and form as human beings. But police officers need to completely eliminate all their bias, in order to police in the community fairly. They need to use factual evidence and common sense when making decisions.
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I like that you stated implicit bias is found everywhere in society because I don't think some people understand how much implicit bias there actually is. It determines a lot of decisions we make every day, it determines how we treat and see people. Humans are naturally judgemental towards things and don't realize how much of these judgements are due to what we see in society and stereotypes. We let these stereotypes and labels and what we see in social media control our subconscious thought, control the way we see people when more often than not there is more than meets the eye. Ark003
DeleteToday more and more agencies are now recommending more training for police officers.Implicit bias is found everywhere in society. Police officers are required to be careful while they police to ensure they don’t have biases as they try and do their jobs. Another fact I learned was the automatic cognitive processes and how it affects us in how we make these decisions. It also affects how we see others. Simply walking by someone can lead to multiple different biases.If we did not have this function than we would not be able to come up with bias. We would make up our own opinions on each matter. What they look like, gender, height,race, weight, and age.The IAT stands for Implicit Association Test. The IAT explains the reasoning why we match pictures/words with what we already know. Another thing I found was that schemas are templates for data information that our brains store without us even knowing it goes on. Implicit biases can determine or alter our decisions and thoughts. Implicit bias or subconscious bias can be the difference between firing a weapon when it comes down to the law enforcement officers. Affinity bias has to do with our own opinions about if they like that someone and how they treat them.The Black-White Race Attitude compares the attitudes between blacks and whites. After reading the website and watching the videos, you can see how law enforcement officers have to deal with bias on a daily basis within the community. I overall like reading about implicit bias and found it interesting that we all have a bias of some sort even though we might not even be aware we do. -CUBSFAN003
ReplyDeleteI do agree with you. More agencies need to address the issue of implicit bias. Implicit bias is seen all around the world in law enforcement. Police need to watch how they talk/interact with the public both on and off the job. You should desire your communities to trust you as an officer to serve and protect them. If there is a bias there, then the trust will never occur. Illinoisgurl002
DeletePolice officers are always being attack for being bias on something. They have one of the hardest job because they have to be fair to all. It should not be hard but implicit bias get in the way. I think that every officer should have to take the IAT. This should help the officer be even more fair and show the community that they are trying to be fair. -ClarkKent003
DeleteWe all have bias everyday, whether we know it or not. We probably don't even realize that we are even being bias, because it is natural, it's something that we have grown up around, and learned from our experiences with people. But bias shouldn't affect our opinions on people, and especially with the career field that I want to go into, you cannot be bias, you have to make decisions based on factual evidence. In the video on the website it says would you make a decision or form a bias about someone of their social class, and it says the chances are we would. I think that is very true, because I think we form bias about people without even noticing. Confirmation Bias was very interesting, that we seek out information about people that we believe is true, and then minimize the information that challenges our hypothesis. The hannah example on the video. Hannah was treated differently, and people formed opinions about her due to socio economic class. Just because she wasn't on the wealthy side of the spectrum people were so quick to form bias on her. The video also did a good job by saying that everyone is vulnerable to it, we all form these opinions, without even thinking twice about it. It also did a good job stating that there are multiple types of biases out there that affect our decision making in our everyday life. Just because we use bias, to form favoritism, and influences certain decisions that we make doesn't make us bad people. It just naturally what human beings do, we form opinions about people based on the way they look, talk, and act. We do this to make judgements, and to see if we want to be around that certain person.
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I agree that bias are so natural that we don't even realize it occurs. It is the result of the of what we grow up around and what we learn from our peers. I agree it shouldn't affect our opinions especially in our work field. -CUBSFAN002
DeleteI think being informed about implicit bias, and what it is very important. Especially for myself going into the criminal justice career field, you hardly be biased if you a want to be a good police officer. Sure you can be bias sometimes, but you have to be careful that you are not bias all the time because that could affect your decisions making. I think if you want to be a good successful police officer, you cannot make decisions based on your own formed opinions, you have to make decisions that are based of facts, and the laws that are written. I think it also depends on the situation that you are in. If the situation is a high stress situation, and the suspect is yelling and screaming at you, you need to stay professional, and should not express your bias opinion. If the situation involves something sad, and you need to act like a human than I think it is ok for you to express your bias opinion. I think people forget that police officers are human beings as well, and they are not going to be perfect. They are going to have biased opinions, and they might get expressed whether they are meant too or not. There is so many types of bias out there, that it would be almost impossible for someone to not have a bias opinion whether they express it or not. It's ok for people, especially police officers to have bias, that doesn't make them a bad police officer, what would make it bad would be expressing those unfair bias opinions. Yes, there is police officers that express their bias opinions, and that is not right. It's not fair to the person who is hearing their opinions. That in my eyes is a bad police officer, someone who constantly expresses their bias opinion is not a good cop. Bias are everywhere, and everyone has one. They a natural thing, and we form them without even noticing. They are formed by things we have seen, our past experiences with different races, and different cultures. It's whether we express them, and how we express them, is what makes them good or bad. Police officers should be very cautious, with and how they express theres, if they decide too, but it is probably smart for them to just give an unbiased statement, and to try and remain professional.
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I liked how you mentioned that you need to make decisions based on facts in criminal justice. I very much agree with this statement. If an officer brings biased into the worked and they know they did so, it makes for a bad situations. There MUST be a complete understanding of their bias in order to be successful in this career. -AS003
DeleteAfter viewing some of the videos, you see implicit bias today in our society. Many times, we as humans do not realize that we are being bias to others. For me, I did not grow up with African American people. We had one African American in my school district. For me, as I moved away to a bigger city, it was a culture shock. I have always had white teachers growing up, and then moving here I have a mix of teachers. It is so easy to label people and put them into groups. I’m sure I have done this many of times, and I never realized it. For instance, when talking about juveniles. We typically label them as a good kid or a bad kid. I know for myself growing up, my parents always told me to stay away from certain kids. Why? Because they were the bad kids. Those kids that seem to always be in trouble. And I think today, when I see certain groups of kids, the thought still goes through my mind, are they good kids or bad kids. It is hard to stop labeling people. I know for myself, I would dislike having a label. Once you are labeled, it never goes away. I’m sure that police officers use this bias every time they arrest a juvenile when they commit a crime. It is easy to label and or judge somebody. I’m sure police officers use implicate bias in their every day life when on the job. I think sometimes it is appropriate to be bias. I do not think that it is okay to be bias when it comes to races. It is not appropriate to use racial profiling. This is a classic example of implicit bias, and it needs to stop in our societies. Illinoisgurl002
ReplyDeleteI like that you gave an example of a way people can be bias and how some people are labeled due to these implicit biases. I agree that once you are labeled something it is hard to get out of that label. Stereotypes/labels often feed our implicit biases. Ark002
DeleteMost people in the world have explicit bias, these are bias that can range from the race of a person to how someone dresses. These are bias that we can measure and study. An example of this kind of bias is when you do not like people who sag their pants because you think they are lazy people. You do not think they are good workers because they do this. You have no idea what kind of worker this person but because he/she sags their pants you assume they are lazy and you do not hire them. Most people will not tell others about their explicit bias due to being ridiculed, embarrassed or it is not politicly correct. When people do show their Explicit bias they are caught easily and handled quickly. Where people get in the most trouble is when they have an implicit bias on something or someone. An implicit bias is a bias that we do not even know that we have, that is why it is so dangerous. Implicit bias are made from the culture that we live in. You might not have any Explicit bias but there is a good chance that you have an implicit bias, you might be nicer to a person of the same color than one of a different color. You do not have any bias to the other race but since you were raised in a culture of where it was just one race it was ingrained in your subconscious to be nicer. This can get you in trouble in the world, mainly in the policing field because you are more closely watched. You could be the best cop in your precinct, you are fair to all races and how they dress. But you give small breaks and are nicer to people who look like you and act like you without even knowing it. It is hard to know that you have an Implicit but there is a test to see if you have some. It is the Implicit Association test or the IAT, this is a test that measure how quickly you sort various picture with words on a screen. One of the ways that you can make sure that you are being fair is to just slow down. Reflect your thoughts and do the right thing being fair to all. -ClarkKent002
ReplyDeleteMost people in the world have explicit bias, these are bias that can range from the race of a person to how someone dresses. These are bias that we can measure and study. An example of this kind of bias is when you do not like people who sag their pants because you think they are lazy people. You do not think they are good workers because they do this. You have no idea what kind of worker this person but because he/she sags their pants you assume they are lazy and you do not hire them. When people do show this kind bias they are caught easily and handled quickly. Most people will not tell others about their explicit bias because they are so easily caught. People will not also show their Explicit bias due to being ridiculed, embarrassed or it is not politicly correct. Where people get in the most trouble is when they have an implicit bias on something or someone. An implicit bias is a bias that we do not even know that we have, that is why it is so dangerous. Implicit bias are made from the culture that we live in. You might not have any Explicit bias but there is a good chance that you have an implicit bias, you might be nicer to a person of the same color than one of a different color. You do not have any bias to the other race but since you were raised in a culture of where it was just one race it was ingrained in your subconscious to be nicer. This can get you in trouble in the world, mainly in the policing field because you are more closely watched. You could be the best cop in your precinct, you are fair to all races and how they dress. But you give small breaks and are nicer to people who look like you and act like you without even knowing it. It is hard to know that you have an Implicit but there is a test to see if you have some. It is the Implicit Association test or the IAT, this is a test that measure how quickly you sort various picture with words on a screen. One of the ways that you can make sure that you are being fair is to just slow down. Reflect your thoughts and do the right thing being fair to all. -ClarkKent003
ReplyDeleteI agree that most people do not say what their explicit bias is. I never really hear anyone say out load that they do not like a certain gender or a certain race. I agree that implicit bias can be very dangerous. Someone could possible say the wrong thing at the wrong time. -Soccer003
DeleteAfter having an in class discussion over implicit bias and watching these informational videos, I now know more than I ever previously did. Going into the criminal justice field, I personally believe these types of discussions and learning should be mandatory parts of the core structure of what you’re taught/told to do. Implicit bias is something that (at least from my personal viewpoint), isn’t talked about hardly at all in this field, but it certainly is prevalent in every officer/criminal justice worker every single day of their lives. After having a discussion and watching some incredibly informational videos about it, I’ve come to find out that everyone has biases whether they’re aware of it or unaware and have them subconsciously. The problem with implicit biases are (especially in the CRJ field), that everyone is supposed to and has earned the right to be treated fairly/equally by being a citizen of the United States and being human. By letting our biases show through and acting on them consciously or unconsciously, we aren’t giving fair treatment. Implicit biases can be developed through many means- whether they were demonstrated in front of you by parents while growing up, the area you live(d) in, what kind of people you were exposed to and raised with, as well as having poor experiences with some people of certain race/ethnicities/cultures/genders can all be potential causes of having developed some sort of bias. The problem for an officer, firstly, is whether or not they have the mental capacity to analyze their actions and thoughts to recognize unfair treatment or opinions when they have them or do them. Once recognized, the second part is even harder- breaking these habits and being aware of them, as well as refusing to let them affect your judgement and course of actions while in the field. Implicit biases can be based off of just about anything- wealth, the way you carry yourself or the way you speak, the kind of car you drive, your type of sexuality, the area you’re from- but to me, the most prevalent ones are based off of physical features- i.e. race, gender, culture, age, weight, or even height. Now knowing what I know and what I need to be aware of/look for in my future career, I feel as though I should make a better police officer, should that be where I end up. I know it will be difficult, but I am aware of a few biases I am now currently working on and trying to fix. GMan003
ReplyDeleteI think it is important to know about implicit biases because in order to be in the criminal justice field you have to be as unbiased as possible. We all have implicit bias and learning about it after we encounter a situation we can ask ourselves if we were fair or if any part of how we behaved or what we said was bias in any way, we can ask others to keep us in line because someday our bias that isn't noticeable to us at the time can get us into trouble if we react in a way that is noticeable to others as a bias. In law enforcement we should treat everyone the same. I notice sometimes that I can be ageist without meaning to be. An example of this is I was rear ended twice, once was from someone who was older and the other was someone who was younger. I didn’t notice until later on when I compared the situations that when the elderly person hit me I asked if they were okay and when they apologized I said it was alright and I was extra kind to them. The other time when the younger person hit me I asked if they knew how to drive and to pay attention to the road, and when they apologized I still said it was alright but with an attitude. I saw the elderly person as fragile and the younger person as reckless even though both times it was an accident. When I compared later even though I said it was alright both times I saw that I shouldn’t have been harsh to the younger person, I felt horrible and made sure that when things happen on the road I treat everyone with respect and treat everyone equally. This is good that I learned this because it helps me look back and compare certain situations and see that I was unfair and hopefully it keeps me from making the same mistake. I’m glad I learned this because now hopefully when I am subconsciously bias/ unfair in situations that happen to me when I’m in the field I can compare and notice what I need to change. Ark002
ReplyDeleteI agree that you have to be as unbiased as possible when it comes to law enforcement. I agree that some people don't notice when they start being bias. It can affect the way someone dose their job. I also thought the example that you used was really good.
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DeleteThe information given by our visitors was very informative. I liked that we were able to get the perspective of policing from two males and two females officers. Seeing that we have two females ranging in age and time frame on the force makes me proud as a woman that not only are they doing their job to the best of their ability but making a difference in our community. Lt. Sandoval who started the force 21 years ago and previously worked as a detective for 9 years prides herself on treating others as she would want to be treated. I believe this is a true testament on what it takes to move up the ranks. By showing others that you do not have to go out and be a “warrior” to get the job done. I like that all of our speakers when asked about their purpose and why they wanted to have a career in policing, not of them stated just to have a job. All had a reason for wanting to join the force and it was mostly for the betterment of our community. Also knowing that the way police are currently viewed in the media and by the community doesn’t affect the way that they police shows that they are officers with ethics and integrity. If you are truly out serving, protecting and trying to make a positive impact on your community you should not have to worry about body cameras, or how the media portrays officers. I also feel having the group speak is beneficial to the students who are looking to enter the policing career field because it gave them a chance to see a former student not only graduate but utilize what he learned in class and is now working on the police force. Jadist002
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DeleteI think it is important to know about implicit biases because in order to be in the criminal justice field you have to be as unbiased as possible. We base a lot of our decisions and how we react towards situations on our implicit bias. The biases we can’t see nor notice. Like if you choose to walk on the other side of the street because there is someone who is dressed in what some would say “drab” clothes that make them look dirty or somewhat homeless. This is a bias that goes unnoticed a lot of the time, we judge people by how they look without even thinking we are judging them. If someone is dressed nicely we are more likely to be respectful to that person than someone who isn’t dressed as nice without realizing our tone of voice or the way we treat that person is different than the other. This is an important thing to learn about because working in the criminal justice field you are suppose to treat everyone equally, no matter their gender, race, social/economic class, etc. Some biases can be good like talking to juveniles in a different tone or treating them in a different way than you would an adult could make all the difference in changing their life or helping them own up to what they did wrong and directing them towards a better path. It is true that adults treat younger people and older people differently without even realizing it and in some situations this is necessary and can be a good thing. I think everyone should learn about this because it might help them see that they are unnecessarily bias or subconsciously bias a lot more often that they think or when they shouldn’t be. It is important to know about this specifically for law enforcement because in some situations implicit biases can get you in trouble such as if you treat someone differently (in a poor manor) or give them a ticket automatically when you usually use more discretion because you know of their religious practice and you don’t agree with it rather than treating someone with more respect or not giving them a ticket because you know they have the same religious view as you, this can get you in trouble if it is noticed that you are implicitly biased towards certain kinds of religions. Ark 003
ReplyDeleteI agree. being bias in the field of criminal justice leads to numerous issues. Specifically police involved shootings. Not saying that all cases that involved police were due to this issue but a majority to me were based on the belief that a specific race/group of individuals were either armed or would do harm. I also believe that implicit bias prevents a lot of women from moving up and progressing in the field of policing. This fear that women might not be as well trained or have the strength needed to be a leader. Jadist002
DeleteI agree with you in the sense that we base a lot of her decisions and how we react towards situations on our implicit bias. I really like the specific example that you gave about a man that is wearing clothes that were torn and dirty and most people would automatically assume that he is either poor or homeless. And on the other hand if you saw someone walking down the street in a suit with a briefcase he might think they are a businessman and maybe even successful one at that.
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My understanding on Implicit bias is making an informed decision based on feelings and not fact. To me implicit bias affects many officers in policing. This affects them and causes them to make arrest based on a race, sex or personal feelings. This also affect decisions when determining who is the right candidate for a promotion. As video one stated with implicit bias we unknowingly discriminate when decision making based on what our beliefs are. To me this is something that created from birth and how you are raised. If you are raised around one particular ethnic group, it would be difficult to interact with another group that you are not familiar with. That to me is something that builds racism and sexism. It is a learned behavior that affects your ability to make the right decisions. Having this mind frame also brings issues into the work environment because one would automatically pick a candidate no matter how ill-equipped for the job, they would be chosen simply because this is someone of the same race or sex. If a man was raised that men were never to let women lead, this man would have an issue with having a female as a supervisor. I do feel that one can “grow out” of this by interaction with other races and being in different environments and learn to make decisions based on right and wrong and not personal feelings. I was once told during a training class that everyone has some form of implicit bias. They way that this is tested, the question was asked “If you were walking down the street and coming towards you in the other direction was a group of white or black males, which group would you feel the least comfortable with and would cause you to move to the other side of the street and why?” Jadist002
ReplyDeleteI agree that it's important for people to interact with other people that are different from them. I think the fact we are able to, and many desire to separate ourselves from one another has been a terrible detriment to society. I think the more you interact with people that are different from you the easier it becomes to control your bias so that's a really good point you brought up.
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Implicit bias is are all over our community not just solely in policing and criminal justice. In the first video it talks about how they did a study depicting the same girl to two different test groups telling one group that she was poor and the other group that she was rich. They then asked the two cast groups to read the girl in subjects like mathematics, liberal arts, work habits, and motivation. For all four of these categories the group that thought she was poor rated her score significantly lower than the group that thought she was rich. This is called confirmation bias which means that we seek out information that supports our hypothesis and minimize anything that rejects it. Another implicit bias is called affinity bias Which liking or disliking someone influences our judgment of that person‘s preference. The third in place sit by us that the video talks about is in group favoritism which means exactly it sounds, it means we favorite individuals who belong to the same race or religion. These implicit bias operate automatically often times without us even knowing, The next thing he talked about was schemas which are prior knowledge that helps our brain sort things we come in contact with into broader categories. Schemas are activated through automatic mental processes that occur outside of our conscious awareness. In the next video he talks about attitude and stereotypes. Attitude is the general gut feeling or even value to valence. A stereotype is a trait associated with a category or group. These are both biases because they represent information that divergence from some neutral point. We learned these viruses through exposure through direct contact or secondhand contact. It is important especially going into criminal justice if we take a step back and think about the things 3rd parties have told us about particular groups. Many of us will have to come in contact with the community that we serve and if we have already formed these biases we might not be able to go do you our jobs ethically. Throughout these videos he stated multiple times that implicit bias is or not something we noticed however you can suppress them by going out of your way to make sure you were treating people that look like you and people that may not look like you the same way.
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I found this website to be very informative on the topic of bias. If people are being completely honest, they have bias that may not be shown in their everyday life. In the video labeled “lesson 4” on the website provided to the class it talks about explicit vs implicit bias. Explicit bias is conscious bias but it may not be verbal. This is something where if, as the video puts it, you close your eyes and ask yourself a question there would be an immediate answer to the question. This is something we may admit to ourselves but do not admit out loud. Implicit bias on the other hand is more unconscious awareness of bias. This type of bias is something that we are not able to identify ourselves even if we wanted to. The only way to see implicit bias is by running tests that have been discovered uncover these type of bias. One area that goes along with bias is attitude and stereotypes. Attitudes are an association between an item and a feeling. This comes with life experience and what a specific person has gone through. Stereotypes are a trait associated with a group. Both of these are subcategories that make up a bias.A lot of times, attitudes and stereotypes are a product of how a person was raised and the people they spend time with. I believe that people are fully a product of their environment. I feel as though this explains bias. As Dr. White put it in class, he may be more lenient or caring toward someone of his skin tone rather than someone who is not. This is by no means saying Dr. White is racist. This is just showing an example of implicit biased based off of who he grew up with. When you are raised in a predominantly African American community, that is who you will be comfortable with even if you yourself do not realize it. After looking through this site, I know that in order to be in criminal justice, their needs to be a complete understanding of your own bias. I realize that you may not be able to consciously know some, but there needs to be an understanding of it at the least. -AS003
ReplyDeleteI agree that understanding your bias is extremely important. I feel like half the battle is just acknowledging the bias exists. Once you can do that I think most people would want to work to eliminate it. Though that can be difficult as well I think if people are trying it'll at least help.
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Implicit bias is certainly something to be aware of and try to combat especially if you want to be in law enforcement or really any career in criminal justice. Implicit bias is that bias that everyone has but isn’t really always aware of it is an unfortunate truth that we all have this but I think that if we work on realizing we have it and work hard to be aware when it comes up we can become better people and thus be better officers. In my experience it is often difficult to do this because I think a lot of people don’t want to admit that it’s there or think they are bad for having those initial thoughts. The first video from the website brings up some other forms of bias such as confirmation bias, affinity bias, and in group favoritism. I see all of these a lot but I think one of the more prevalent ones is confirmation bias. This has become especially true when it is so easy to access information that you already agree with and that’s all you seek out and accept. Certainly all three types I mentioned are all extremely important to look out for just confirmation bias is something I feel like I see a lot of today. The video also brings up equality and equity which I think are extremely important concepts to understand especially in criminal justice. If we are going to become law enforcement officers it is important that we do our best to check our biases at the door so that we can treat everyone with the same amount of respect and dignity that they deserve. All of us should know it’s not right to treat someone differently based on superficial reasons but because of our implicit bias we might be doing it accidently. I’m glad we are taking time to learn about this kind of thing because I think it will be important to continuously improve ourselves in this way.
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I agree with your response in that I think that we should definitely work on our implicit bias to be better officers out on the streets and really everything we do. Also you made a good point on how hard it can be to try to work on something such as these bias because a lot of people do not want to admit that they are thinking some of these bad or suspicious things about people that they probably do not even know. If you are not aware of having this bias you can not do anything about it or think about the ways that you are treating people and this will be a good thing to keep in mind when dealing with different people in the future. -Steel003
DeleteImplicit bias is certainly something to be aware of and try to combat especially if you want to be in law enforcement or really any career in criminal justice. Implicit bias is that bias that everyone has but isn’t really always aware of it is an unfortunate truth that we all have this but I think that if we work on realizing we have it and work hard to be aware when it comes up we can become better people and thus be better officers. In my experience it is often difficult to do this because I think a lot of people don’t want to admit that it’s there or think they are bad for having those initial thoughts. The first video from the website brings up some other forms of bias such as confirmation bias, affinity bias, and in group favoritism. I see all of these a lot but I think one of the more prevalent ones is confirmation bias. This has become especially true when it is so easy to access information that you already agree with and that’s all you seek out and accept. Certainly all three types I mentioned are all extremely important to look out for just confirmation bias is something I feel like I see a lot of today. The video also brings up equality and equity which I think are extremely important concepts to understand especially in criminal justice. If we are going to become law enforcement officers it is important that we do our best to check our biases at the door so that we can treat everyone with the same amount of respect and dignity that they deserve. All of us should know it’s not right to treat someone differently based on superficial reasons but because of our implicit bias we might be doing it accidently. In the context of investigations it’s possibly even more important to eliminate our biases. Having a bias during an investigation could easily lead you to come to bad conclusions. Imagine if you were on arrived at the scene of a crime and you already have it in your head the type of person that committed this crime and you devote your time and resources to finding that type and be totally wrong. If you come in with a confirmation bias chances are you are going to look at that crime scene and only look for evidence that supports your initial bias and that could cause you to dismiss evidence that would disprove your hypothesis. You also want to be sure you aren’t singling out people that are different than you or dismissing people that are like you. You have to be able to go where the evidence leads you.
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The creator of the videos did a very good job of explaining implicit biases. Before watching the videos I only had a slight understanding and he had made it a lot more clear to me. He talked about some interesting points in the videos like how mostly everyone unconsciously leans towards one personal aspect over another such as race or gender. He talked about the implicit-association test (AIT) which I found interesting because it talked about the different associations and reaction times and how when someone leaned towards a certain race it became easier for the person to get into the flow of it when positive words were associated with that race than the other race and choose the right hand to click the button. This made me think of how when police officers are out facing issues, they might not have the option to think through their choice entirely before they react due to life or death situations. When he was talking about stereotypes, it reminded me of whenever I'm at work. I work as a server and a lot of times I judge how well a table will tip based on how they look or act. Usually, if a group of teenage boys comes in I'm not going to expect much and I may pay more attention to my other tables, but I am not going to be rude to them at all. Often times I can also look at someone and be like oh they will probably order mountain dew or diet pepsi just based on their appearance. Sometimes I am right and sometimes I am not, but it's just an example of how I have applied a certain bias or stereotype on someone in my everyday life. Generally, stereotyping and biases will not be harmful if they are small and will not affect others, but in the line of police work, it is important to avoid it as much as possible. We experience biases and stereotyping almost every day and everyone especially someone working in the criminal justice system needs to be sure and not be controlled by their biases as much as possible and be fair to everyone. -Smokeybear003
ReplyDeleteIm sure that you have experienced being under tipped by a group of kids or even business people. But the difference between a group of teenagers is that they may not have the proper funds or education behind the importance of being tipped. but also they could also be a missed opportunity to get a good tip from. I used to be a former waitress and i do get it but i also still observe my surroundings as well and base my tips off of how many customers a server is serving at one time vs if we are the only ones there and the server took 20 minutes to get our orders or refills. If a server greats me with a smile, positive attitude that gets a better tip bonus if they make me laugh. Casket003
DeleteImplicit biases are very interesting. I had never even heard the term before we talked about it in class, and it was very interesting to learn about. We will see all kinds of different things or people and without even thinking about it or even talking to or meeting someone, we come to these conclusions about them that we have pretty much already figured out what kind of person they are even if this is not the case. A lot of it has to do with the way you were raised and how you were brought up to look at people or how to act, and for a majority of us we all got our upbringing in different ways, which is a good thing, but it can also be a bad thing when it comes to implicit bias and stereotypes. Like we talked about in class yesterday, even though someone may not be a racist or sexist, they still can treat people fairly, but they might also show a little more love to one party then another just because of where they came from and what they are used to. Or the example of the girl in the video, how two different groups of people watched the girl do the exact same thing in the video but one side she came from and wealthy home and the second group she came from a poor home, and they got two different results and bias from watching the same thing. That is sad but it is what our minds do when they are trying to put all of the pieces together. Implicit bias could be looked at as a bad thing and I think that it really can be but I think that it can be used in good ways if you are conscious of it like we are now. You may be out on the streets of an officer and maybe in a bad part of town and see someone doing something suspicious, maybe they are committing a crime and maybe they are not. I think that it could be used in a good way of having the suspicion and staying on your toes but also being able to recognize that they were really not doing anything and be able to treat them as a person like you should. I think that it is okay to use your bias but you need to know when it is time to give it up and start treating the person as they really are and how they should be treated. -Steel003
ReplyDeleteExplicit bias is when someone is consciously aware. When someone has an explicit bias, they have attitudes and beliefs about a certain person or a certain group of people and they consciously know it. It’s something the person has control over. An example would be that someone refuses to talk to people that are a different race from them. Another example can be that this person does not like women to be in certain careers because they believe that they are too emotional for it and that is true. Implicit bias is when when someone is not aware of the bias. It’s something that this person cannot control. It’s usually unconscious. An example of implicit bias can be that you would rather sit father away from someone of a different race then someone that is the same race as you even though you might not know that person. Explicit bias and implicit bias can really affect how a police officer does their job. I understand that everyone might be bias about something. You can’t be bias on the job. Being bias on the job can affect how you might handle things or the decisions that you make. Some officers might not even know they have implicit bias and it’s really bad time to find out when you are put in a situation that requires you not to be bias. If someone has a lot of explicit bias, I don't think they should be a police officer. If a police officer makes their explicit bias known, that might be a problem. If a police officer does not like people that are different race from them, they might not police the way they are supposed to and they might start doing police tactics that are not allowed. I feel like both of the biases can be a problem, but I feel like explicit biases can be worse. -Soccer002
ReplyDeleteI feel like there is a strong amount of people in this world that have more explicit biases than implicit because people are not always afraid to speak their mind or go about it incorrectly especially when it comes to racism and being open about why they won't associate with someone because of their race. It is quite sad. -holywaffles002
DeleteExplicit bias and implicit bias can be a problem when it comes to policing. Explicit bias is more consciously and implicit is more unconsciously. Both of these bias can affect how a police officer does their job. If you have explicit bias and your bias start causing problems while you are on the job. Everyone has bias. Even if they say they don’t have bias, they most likely do but they might not be aware. That’s was implicit bias is. Explicit bias is when someone might not like a specific gender or a different race. Implicit bias is when you stand farther away from someone of a different race then you would of someone with the same race. Implicit bias can be based on stereotypes or different attitudes towards certain things. Implicit bias can affect our actions, the decisions we make, and our understanding of different things. When it comes to implicit bias, people might not mean to discriminate or make other people feel bad, or make bad decisions. Implicit bias is something someone can not normally control. A police officer really has to try and not be bias and they need to make sure that they are treating everyone equally. A police officer needs to make sure that they think about what they are going to do or what they are going to say. The police officer might not notice the implicit bias, but the person that is talking to the police office might. When it comes to both of the biases, stereotypes can be a problem. Once someone has been stereotyped, it can be really hard to get rid of it. It does not even have to be a person, it can also be a neighborhood or a community. The main thing is that if someone wants to be a police officer, they have to try and control the biases they might have. -Soccer003
ReplyDeleteI think it also deals with the way people are raised. If there is an officer working in a big city police department, may work in a more crime ridden beat but this officer in particular was raised in a gated community, no contact with anyone but his or her skin color, never been put in life threatening situations, they do have an unconscious bias that they may not recognize until they begin working the job. This officer could be way quicker to separate his or herself and talk to someone of the same skin color before one of a different color. -holywaffles003
DeleteSeven things I learned from this video, one is the attitudes versus stereotypes. I feel like this is such an important one because everyone subconsciously has an attitude including the racism factor if that is how they are or how they were raised, whether they recognize it or not. But an attitude is different from sterotyping in a sense because the attitude you have against someone because of their skin color or whatever it may be, it will come out and be known. You can have your own views but not have an attitude towards those. The next is how they said "you learn how snakes are venomous" Meaning you learn that people have different views and some are harsher and unnecessary biases that are present and it is out of your control but it is like you are learning something unfortunate about someone. The next is how people are sorted into categories and schemas come out because it involves treating people fairly and going about it all in a correct manner. Next is you can report discrimination and instances similar on the UCLA website. I thought that was very neat and never knew it was there for people to use and fell comfortable about it. Implicit biases are those we cannot really identify and we know it is there but we just do not recognize it. It is a common mishap and it is very real. The last two things I found interesting was the IAT, which measures our implicit bias and how we associate concepts, one after another. It is an immediate reaction, it is what your mind brings together and it is another you cannot recognize because it just happens. The last is being humble, if you have a more humble personality it is proven that you are less likely to discriminate. -holywaffles002
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, I think racism plays a big role in how people were raised. Not only race, but political views, and even religion play a big role in how people think and act. This is then put into their work force and the way they act because it is hard to keep the way you are inside. People want to express the way they think and what they believe in. #notaplumber002
DeleteExplicit biases and the people that have these views I feel are way more concerning than the people who have more implicit biases are because they are more likely to open their mouths and engage in a heavier and heated conversation. People who are not scared to speak their mind. Implicit it is there and more subconscious but these people are aware of the steroetypes and attitudes. Whether we wish to believe this or not, these biases are present in law enforcement unfortunately and it is not law enforcement that chose for this to happen within their community and work but it happened overtime from all of the interactions that have occurred with police. Yes this obviously happens outside of law enforcement as well but it is more important for officers and these biases because this affects everyone as a whole. The bad seeds in department's who do certain things to target those of a different color or sex, if they do not sneak by, you know they will be on the 6 o clock news and it will make its way around the country and then that could just change one person's mind about police and then results a domino affect because that one person just lost faith. There will always be racism whether we like it or not, just like there will always be criminals and there will always be people. With the amount of people on this planet, we all should know not everyone wishes well on others or wants everyone to succeed and it happens everywhere. Explicit bias could be a situation where a law enforcement officer enjoys targeting the black community and writing them tickets and giving whites verbal warnings all because an interaction he or she may have had with one of a different skin color or the way that officer was raised or the way they made themselves out to be in life. An implicit bias could be in a situation where an officer specifically does not care for those who are transgender but does not show that with an attitude and does not place a stereotype over it. If they do show it in an attitude it will not be direct but instead it will be more of a :I do not enjoy talking to you but I will be fair to you" type of manner. While neither of these biases are preferred both are incredibly common. -holywaffles003
ReplyDeleteI liked your example you gave about a transgender and an officer. I think this is a big situation and a controversy. People need to be fair and equal to everyone. People will use any excuse they can to try and sue for money or even try to get out of a fine or sentence. If people think they got in trouble with the law because they were of the minority then they will find a way to use it against the other person and for themselves. Officers try their best to do their job correctly so they don’t have this effect or get in trouble because they were stereotyping. #notaplumber003
DeleteImplicit bias is all around us, every day. This is a big issue in the criminal justice field because officers have to deal with all sort of different people of race, cultures, and diversity. Some people might think that certain officers are targeting a specific group. This falls into the category of stereotypes. Another implicit bias is called affinity bias which is when a person likes or dislikes someone and is able to influences their judgment of that person‘s preference. Basically a term of convincing someone to like the same thing you do or believe the same way you do. Multiple people go off of what they were raised around. For example, many kids and teenagers follow the way their parents political beliefs are. Or even what religion their parents are, kids are most likely to follow in their footsteps. People running for political representation also do a good job of perceiving people and convincing them to believe and think what they think is right and correct. This falls into criminal justice because the people that officers work alongside with they become very close with because they see them frequently and often have to help each other in a time of need. People you work with are able to help you understand certain situations and problems and help you find a solution when needed. But they are going to show you the way they want you to know and their definition of right. Therefore, they could also change the way you think either about a certain area or environment, or even other co-workers, or people on the streets. This then puts a damper on how they should be fair and equal. I believe in the police force, officers need to treat everyone like humans and humane and treat them with respect and the way they would want to be treated if roles were switched. Police officers are human so it is hard to drop off the bias and not to take that into consideration. It is normal for people to think that way. But if there were specific ways or training to get people to think or reverse their mindset to think otherwise it would be beneficial not only for police officers but many of people in the working field. Even the issue with body cameras, their are bias towards them and people out on the street. If someone is know for getting in trouble with the law often, and like to physically fight with the officers they might not like body cameras because they are able to capture everything. #notaplumber003
ReplyDeleteI think its very interesting with how someone so important to you can impact your life with an opinion about someone. Yet, it can change someone you make interaction with that other person and can change you opinion. taco001
DeleteBias is a big topic across the United States, there are many financial classes throughout the country. Even though the United States is one of the richest countries in the world, we still have issues with people being considered lower class. Being informed about bias will help people involved with criminal justice careers to know that people of more money “have it easier.” For example, there have been many cases where a young, rich, college student will get busted for drugs and maybe get off with a fine or warning. But a young, uneducated, lower class teenager will get charged for the same crime and have to do jail time and it will go on their record. Police officers and people in the criminal justice field need to know that they need to focus on the situation and not take the person’s socioeconomic state into consideration. Police officers patrol areas where there is a lower class and uneducated people more than the patrol nicer neighborhoods, where crime is even more prevalent. In one of the videos, they talked about the difference between attitude and stereotypes. Attitude is a gut feeling or evaluative valence. Where stereotype is a trait associated with a category or group. People can also have attitudes that lead into stereotypes. But a stereotype doesn’t always have to be directed towards a group of people, it can also be on where you live at, where you work, or even simple things like the make of the car you drive. Just like how some people associate police officers with being bad. Majority of them are not bad, they make mistakes because they are human. They are here to protect and help others in need. But if one person gets pulled over and had a bad experience, some may assume that all police officers are bad. #notaplumber002
ReplyDeleteI read the article “Are Emily and Greg more employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A field experiment on labor market discrimination” by Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan. In this article they studied racial bias in the workplace. In order to see if potential employers favored a certain race, the group sent out resumes of african american sounding names and white sounding names. What they had found was that 50 percent more of the white sounding names received calls backs for an interview. This was very shocking to me. I didn’t really know anything about that before reading the article. I also watched the video called implicate biased explicit v implicit bias. In this article he talks about how he believes that everyone is biased in one way or another. Whether that are conscious or subconscious they are there. No matter who the person is. People will often say things like “oh I don't see color, i love everyone” etc. Those people still will subconsciously favor a certain race over another. Not only race, but also age, gender, and religion. The speaker in the video discussed how most people don't willingly admit to that though because it could be embarrassing, unpopular, or politically incorrect. But they may admit to them own selves. The speaker also talked about attitudes and stereotypes that are beyond our consciousness too. These are called implicit stereotypes. They are the opposite of explicit biases, where as explicit biases we do know that they are there, even if we are not willing to admit them. Implicit biases are where we are not even able to to identify the biases or any of those feelings, and we are unaware of them. After watching this video I learned that there are scientist out there that have tools to measure the implicit biases. For example, they would use such tools as priming instruments, linguistic test, and neuroimaging. -pizza002
ReplyDeleteI read the article “Are Emily and Greg more employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A field experiment on labor market discrimination” by Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan. In this article they studied racial bias in the workplace. In order to see if potential employers favored a certain race, the group sent out resumes of african american sounding names and white sounding names. What they had found was that 50 percent more of the white sounding names received calls backs for an interview. This was very shocking to me. I didn’t really know anything about that before reading the article. I also watched the video called implicate biased explicit v implicit bias. In this article he talks about how he believes that everyone is biased in one way or another. Whether that are conscious or subconscious they are there. No matter who the person is. People will often say things like “oh I don't see color, i love everyone” etc. Those people still will subconsciously favor a certain race over another. Not only race, but also age, gender, and religion. The speaker in the video discussed how most people don't willingly admit to that though because it could be embarrassing, unpopular, or politically incorrect. But they may admit to them own selves. The speaker also talked about attitudes and stereotypes that are beyond our consciousness too. These are called implicit stereotypes. They are the opposite of explicit biases, where as explicit biases we do know that they are there, even if we are not willing to admit them. Implicit biases are where we are not even able to to identify the biases or any of those feelings, and we are unaware of them. After watching this video I learned that there are scientist out there that have tools to measure the implicit biases. For example, they would use such tools as priming instruments, linguistic test, and neuroimaging. All of this information is important to me because of the career I plan to go into. Being a police officer, you need to know how to diffuse situations which involves knowing each individual and how to treat every one of them. Race, gender, age, and religion are all factors that would help me to indicate how to treat a person. If i were to treat everyone equally, it would be hard for me to get the point across to most people. However, that must not be confused with judging a person based off of their race, gender, age, or religion. Drop mic. -pizza003
ReplyDeleteImplicit bias does not apply only to racial inequality, but also to gender, sexuality, socioeconomic class and almost every other inequality present in our society. While we do not necessarily try to discriminate against others, it still happens.The aim now is to make sure we are aware of them. As soon as we are aware of them, we can begin to combat them. We can attempt to change the way we think. Not all implicit biases can be solved, and not all of them can disappear or even shrink in size. But we certainly can and should try to decrease them. If not for ourselves, we should try for those our behavior affects. For instance, the implicit bias in law enforcement against people of color which multiple studies have shown to be true.These police officers are not bad people, most of the time they are not purposefully seeking out black people to kill. But most of the time police are just slightly more inclined to believe a member of a marginalized community has committed a crime than a white person.This personal, unconscious bias stems from a larger cultural belief or feeling. A high proportion of criminals on television are people of color. A high proportion of people in jail are people of color. As human beings, we notice these details and absorb them. We grow up knowing certain things to be true, and they ingrain themselves within us and manifest as implicit bias.The only way to fix these problems is to acknowledge their existence and very deliberately try to reverse them. Although implicit bias is unconscious, we must consciously try to nullify their effects.Implicit bias does not make you a bad person. Many conservative politicians believe discussing implicit bias is a way for liberals to point fingers and blame white people for racism.
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I've taken these sorts of tests before, and I've arrived at a very strong conclusion about them: They're a complete crock.
ReplyDeleteImplicit Association Tests are incredibly unreliable, i.e. non-repeatable. One of the videos calls them "quick and dirty" for measuring the constructs that is called implicit bias. That's true, insofar as they are both fast and dirty in the sense that one smears it on things. But it's a game, when you boil it down to its fundaments, and games can be manipulated. People can't even repeat the game twice and yield the same results. Have their attitudes changed? Of course not. It's a test of reflex skills, and skill in those can be gained with practice.
So far as I can tell, these kinds of tests serve one purpose only, that of employing a whole host of people concerned with the words of the department that put out these videos: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Who decides what those words mean? Not the dictionary, for certes. They decide. Equity all too often means stealing from Peter to pay Paul. Diversity means forcing some that have earned out of their spots so that the organization can look a certain way. Inclusion means not merely allowance of a thing, but mandatory and enthusiastic praise of it. It is not they who enforce the law they write, but the police. I have no intention of enforcing a tyranny of any kind, least of all over men's minds.
To indict a man for what he thinks, to tell him that he is evil because he does not play a reflex game enough, is contrary to the entire spirit of the Western canon of law. It is not merely the Mens Rea that is to be punished and shamed by law, it is the Actus Reus. We have allowed a cult to spring up dedicated to the punishment of Mens Rea, while also defining what constitutes the evil that they seek to punish, and only certain of those that are punished, at that. If we allow the cult to continue, it will fracture our society, most likely along the racial divides that it feeds off of, and it may even consume us. I pray that it does not.
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I agree that this test is complete garbage. I really hope that they aren’t implementing this test in any form of law enforcement because I really don’t think it measures any form of bias. I also agree that these tests are completely unreliable because all I would have to do is lie on this test and it would improperly measure my bias. Celtics001
DeleteThe videos about implicit bias talked about certains ideas of what helps us make decisions about certain situations. When we have a belief of someone and judge them about something that is not necessarily true is a bias of some sort. Either it can be a conscious or a subconscious bias. We as humans favor certain people that we grow up around as one of our own even though we are all the same as humans. When it comes to policing and how does that affect the way officers do there job, bias have a lot to do with it even though it should not. As police officers have discretion on the job, they can make assumptions on someone they have a bias against. People when looking at something or someone, they create schemas. Which is categorizing things that relate to that specific person or thing. That is important in police because it can influence how an officer interacts with an individual and how they handle other situations with the community. As the police departments want to engage more within the community, it is important to lessen many bias towards groups. Not only would it impact the department on cases but also the media when looking into the police departments in current crimes. As some bias are not necessarily terrible to have because everyone has some, but some are when it comes to affecting the way you do you job or decisions in your daily life. When it come to implicit bias it is usually subconscious, there is not much thought given to a certain choice made just instinct. Police officers can lessen it with more communication with different groups in the community to help with it. dory002
ReplyDeleteBias is another word for stereotype and judging others based on what they are heard to be known for but not what they truly are. The example they gave in the video was a perfect way to explain it. People judge others off where they came from and not who they genuinely are. Implicit Biases is in our everyday lives and we don’t even notice it. Officers go through it everyday..The IAT stands for Implicit Association Test. The IAT explains the reasoning why we match pictures/words with what we already know. The Black-White Race Attitude compares the attitudes between blacks and whites. There can be a new officer on a beat and before he get there a couple officer tells him “Wash out for a african american 5’9 male with with dark dreads with light brown highlights he live in the projects if you see him top him because he’s never not upto no good and got a nasty mouth. That’ll 9 times out of 10 be your first arrest of the day” now the police officer go to patrol that area and see’s the male and instantly stop him and starts to talk rude to him just because of what another officer said he came off rude and disrespectful to the boy instead of getting to know the male hse self but the male ends up being respectful to the officer and was just on his way to school and the officer felt bad because the male was actually nice and respectful to him. Everyone gets a different version of people. Treat people how you will be treated and you’ll never have to worry about anyone being nasty to you. When using implicit bias it could be the difference between defusing a situation and causing a situation.KenzieLand002
ReplyDeleteI disagree with your opening statement, I would not necessarily say that bias and stereotype are completely synonymous. I do think they go hand in hand, but they are not interchangeable. I do agree though that many times our judgments of people are usually irrational, until or unless we are given the opportunity to actually get to know someone.-psych001
DeleteExplicit bias is when someone might not like a specific gender or a different race. We live in a day and age where implicit bias is a common thing in the criminal justice system. Bias is are all over our community not just solely in policing and criminal justice. .A lot of times, attitudes and stereotypes are a product of how a person was raised and the people they spend time with."you learn how snakes are venomous" Meaning you learn that people have different views and some are unnecessary biases. many kids and teenagers follow the way their FAMILY’S political beliefs. It’s basically a follow the leader game. No one have a mind of their own. It bring back to the oral tradition. Everyone have their own beliefs and stick to it from generation and generations. Same with police officers might not notice it right away but every police officer have their own beliefs. The speaker also talks about attitudes and stereotypes that are beyond our consciousness. Those are called implicit stereotypes. They are the opposite of explicit biases where for explicit biases we do know that they are there even if we are not willing to face the fact. Attitude are general gut feeling or even value to valence. A stereotype is a trait associated with a category or group. I think it is best that anybody in the criminal justice field and law enforcement officers it is important that we do our best to check our biases.KenzieLand003
ReplyDeleteMy view on implicit biases is that people allow what they feel about certain areas to control their lives. By that I mean what people believe they will put that into play. If someone was really rich and sees someone with something that they do not have... they will probably put that person in a position where they feel really low. I do believe police officers or people on the criminal justice systems show implicit biases all of the time. For example we see how if a Caucasian gets sentenced for something and an African American sentenced for the same thing... guess who will get the longer sentence? We see it all of the time. It’s bevause of the biases that goes all around the world. People believe that certain races, religions, beliefs or whatever else determines who the person is. An example I had with an implicit bias recently was that an officer followed me out of my job and I pulled off but my headlight was not on. I followed the procedure did everything the police officer told me to do but I had to wait for about 30 minutes and all he gave me was a warning. But the next day someone else at my job said that same thing happened to them (another race) and the police just told them to turn their lights on and left. Why is it that this person of another race was able to just leave and I had to wait for him to search my name? We in the criminal justice area have to do better and put our beliefs to the side while working. If we lived by what we would believed in the world he really judgmental and people probably wouldn’t want to come to us if they need any help with areas of this profession. Okurrr003
ReplyDeleteIt is sad to see that sentences get altered because of our implicit biases. It is not like we can help it, because we do not know that we have them. It is just how people are, and they will always have implicit biases in one way or the other. -lilbaby001
DeleteUnfortunately we live in a society full of implicit bias whether we realize it or not. we have the tendency to weigh in one direction over the other. For an example if a stranger in front of you in a check out line is short changed you may offer to cover their balance to where as if we seen a homeless person standing in front of us short changed we would look away because we don't want the hassle. Kids now days are bias against the police because of he picture media has painted of them. When I was a child we thought officers were awesome super heroes.
ReplyDeleteAlso I have seen officers mean mug a child because the child was one of color and two was afraid of the officer while letting it be know. i feel that the officer should have educated the child a said that im not here to do you harm im here to help you and get a better understanding to know as of why you are afraid of officers. When it comes to implicit bias we need to educate our selves and others and learn to recognize when we are being biased. casket003
We do not even know we have some of these implicit stereotypes or attitudes. These can cause us to discriminate based on social categories such as race, gender, age, etc. These implicit biases happen automatically without conscious awareness. These threaten our generousness. Schemas are things you see and automatically know what to do. They are activated through automatic mental process and they happen beyond our conscious control. This is what is known as implicit cognitions. They are not necessarily bad because without them, we wouldn’t be able to navigate the world around us. Stereotypes and attitudes are considered as biases because they represent information from a neutral point. Explicit biases are stereotypes and attitudes that you know you have. An implicit bias is a stereotype or attitude that you have no direct access to. Our implicit biases influence our decisions in small but consequential ways. The r-value for the implicit bias-meta analysis is .15, which is relatively low. We cannot identify our implicit biases through direct examination because we do not know they are even there. The IAT is an implicit bias test that tests our implicit biases to know. They do different test to ultimately find what your implicit biases are. A lot of these implicit biases are implemented to race. They do the keyboard test with race corresponding with good words and bad words. I could see how this test could be affective with our implicit biases. There are three basic strategies to mitigate our biases, the mindset, debiasing, and decoupling. This could definitely affect correctional officers because of the diversity in prisons or jails. They come across all different kinds of people, and these biases could come into effect while in the workforce. -lilbaby001
ReplyDeleteI agree that we do not always know that we are stereotyping and putting bias on people without even knowing it or them deserving it. It is not always a bad thing that we do this, but it could be a bad thing if it is very prevalent in our everyday lives. -Legion001
DeleteI agree as well. I think that it is crazy how everyone has these implicit biases in the back of their minds but do not realize it. It really does show a lot of the times in a persons work and how they may treat one person compared to another. -Anchorman001
DeleteImplicit biases are in everyday life, and there are very little ways around them. The videos showed some ways we can get around them and be more mindful of our implicit biases. Implicit biases can be good and bad things. Some bad things that are implicit biases are stereotypes. I do not believe that no how much training or knowledge you have you can get around stereotypes. Not all stereotypes are harmful. They can help us with everyday life. They might save your life. There is a stereotype of “south side” of towns where people have a negative perspective on them because maybe that is where a lot of the crimes are and other things, but not all south sides of cities are bad, and not everyone that lives in them are criminals, but it could save your life knowing that and avoiding those areas after certain times of the day. Implicit biases can also go into your job, especially law enforcement. Law enforcement professionals have to be aware of these implicate biases. Except that can be really hard to do if they are implicit which means the officer does not know that they have these biases. The officer might think they do not have them, but in fact, everyone has them. They can be negative when being a law enforcement officer and it could be hard to combat them. You might think that you are fair to everyone and not letting certain people off easier or harder when you might actually be. -Legion001
ReplyDeleteI agree that not all implicit biases are a bad thing, although sometimes these biases can make things difficult at places like a workplace. I like the example you described about how people will assume that the south side of a city is bad and it is just another example of implicit bias. There can be a lot of implicit biases when it comes to law enforcement and there may be little ways around them.
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I agree when you said an officer has a lot to fight when in the field due to implicit bias. It can make the job way harder than it already is to deal with when you are trying to combat a bias you have. In the justice system we live in, a bias can cost you the career you worked so hard for. -Blues001
DeleteThere is a distinct difference between a bias that is implicit, and one that is explicit. An implicit bias is one that is ingrained, that we all have but are not conscious of. Implicit biases are not those that we think about, but rather they just exist. Another branch, per say, of an implicit bias would be an attitude. Our attitudes are based off of general gut feelings, or evaluative valence. Much like implicit biases, our attitudes are generally formed before we can even realize what is responsible for it. On the other hand though, is an explicit bias. An explicit bias is one that you know you possess, and still generally fall victim to. A kind of extension of this would be stereotyping. Stereotyping is when we take these thoughts and/or feelings that we know we have and we associate others' traits with a specific group or category. All of these elements play a role in our law enforcement, and there are even more. A more specific kind of bias that you are likely to see within law enforcement, and criminal justice in general, is affinity bias. An affinity bias is present when we take our liking or disliking of someone and let it influence our judgement of their performance, or in a criminal case their guilt, or lack there of. Another very common form of bias found in our criminal justice system would be confirmation bias. A confirmation bias is one where you look only for information that will support, or confirm, your own hypothesis while minimizing information that does not. An example of confirmation bias would be having a defendant who is of higher socioeconomic status getting off for a crime that another person, of lower socioeconomic status, may have committed but got punished for. Say the crime was theft, the jurors, or other people of the court may try to confirm that someone of higher standing in society, and in finances, would be less likely to steal than the accused that is maybe below middle class or living in poverty. Though both accused may be guilty, on the basis of confirmation bias, the person of lower socioeconomic status is more likely to be punished than the other, or may even just be given a harsher sentencing. Automatic cognitive processes are something we all experience, leading to biases we cannot control. Not so similarly though, many of us do possess biases that are explicit and can overall effect how we perform in our criminal justice based careers.
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Implicit bias in my own words is the stereotypical perceptions that we have on people based on different factors. Unfortunately implicit bias can be found anywhere like in a workplace, a school, or even just out in public. Sometimes we have these types of biases even when we don't know it. Not all bias are bad in my opinion, although they may prevent us from seeing someone for who they really are. In lesson 1 they show us that everyone views someone based on their physical appearance. For example if there was someone walking in public people will just automatically assign them in social categories such as such as age group, race, and gender. So then once we categorize a person we then start to have attitudes and stereotypes towards them. Implicit biases are biases that we don't consciously know we have while explicit biases are the attitudes and stereotypes that we know we have. Biases can impact how a person behaves towards another. Implicit and explicit biases can affect who can get what type of job. For example, an employer may be interviewing men and women but he will have his mind set on hiring a man because he feels that a man can do a better job than a woman. This is an example of explicit bias. Unfortunately, implicit and explicit biases are everywhere and can effect the outcome of certain things. Especially in the workplace people will have these biases towards others. These biases can end up benefiting some while hurting others.
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I agree with your post. Implicit and explicit biases, stereotypes, and attitudes towards others are very dangerous because that can create drastically different outcomes than if there was no bias of any sort. Explicit bias is more dangerous, in my opinion, because we are aware of explicit bias but continue with it anyways. This only feeds our implicit attitudes while potentially hurting others.
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These videos on implicit bias were very informative; before watching them, I had no idea that we all have subconscious biases in our automatic cognitive process. The opening video talked about the experiment performed in 1983 when eight participants each evaluated the same video of a young girl, but half were told she came from blue collar families and the others were told that she came from white collar families. I honestly thought the outcome was very shocking when the girl was rated lower in all categories by the group that thought she was lower class than the group told that she was higher class, even though both groups were shown the exact same video. I also thought it was really neat that scientists have come up with tests like the IAT to measure a person’s implicit bias, even if someone is trying their hardest not to have any bias. Lastly, I thought the video on countering implicit bias was very interesting. The methods that the narrator listed were very insightful and made sense after learning about them. The narrator also listed a few exercises that help to reduce implicit bias, stereotypes, and attitudes. My favorite method that the narrator lists is decoupling. This is when you try to break the links between bias and behavior through a logical and statistical approach. One example of real application of this device is by structuring and diversifying interview processes with members of different backgrounds and ethnicity so that their implicit bias cancel each others’ out. This, over time, will also will also lower the interviewers’ and employers’ implicit biases. Drums001
ReplyDeletei'm in the same boat as you, i had never researched implicit bias or anything. this was definitely very informative. i like that you brought up the interviewing process, very good example. sexyinbikini001
DeleteI’ve never looked into implicit bias before today. I’ve heard about it before, but never really had any interest in researching it. I’ve been watching through the videos on the page and I must say that this is a very interesting topic. Implicit bias is something that everybody has. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing though, it’s helped the human race survive through the years. It keeps us safe from the unknown. It’s a trait that has been passed down from generation to generation through our genetic code. At first when I was watching these videos, I felt bad knowing that even if I meant to do the right thing, I still fall victim to these biases. However, by recognizing these biases that we have, we can correct our thoughts and how we treat others. In the very first video on the page they showed a good illustration of how implicit bias looks. A little girl is being analyzed for potential by a number of people. 50% of the people were told that she lived in a rich neighborhood while the other 50% were told she lived in a poor neighborhood. The test showed that people associate wealth with potential. None of these people meant harm, it was just their implicit bias of poor and rich people. All in all, this is a very interesting and thought provoking topic. Sexyinbikini001
ReplyDeleteI understand that feeling you mentioned of feeling bad when we try to do the right thing but still being biased in some way. However if it is true with how you mentioned that our human race has survived and prospered on with this trait then maybe sometimes it is for the best. -Lobster001
DeleteI agree that it is disheartening knowing that we are all guilty of having these biases, conscious or not because we want to be fair, but implicit biases are an obstacle that we all must get over in order to do so. I have also seen many social experiments that tested the biases towards people who are not wealthy and it is sad, but these people don't even know they are acting on these biases.
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I took the test and it said that I have a moderate automatic preference for European Americans over African Americans. I think that this study is terrible. The questions that it asks you are extremely racist and only people who have an extreme issue with black people or who are extremely racist would select anything but the answers I selected. The next part of the racial test is where I would press two keys to categorize pictures. All this tests is my ability to remember what side to put good and bad on. This test was more for my hand eye coordination and ability to remember then it was testing my implicit bias. I truly believe that this test does not have the ability to accurately determine implicit bias. I look forward to never taking this test again. Celtics001
ReplyDeleteAfter watching this video, I felt like I had never truly thought about implicit bias. The fact that my mind has a subconscious bias really struck me in a way that surprised me. Implicit bias are the biases that we do not even recognize are there but really they are in the back of our minds and we are not conscious of them. Explicit bias on the other hand is a type of bias that we know is there and is conscious to us as an individual. Throughout the videos that I watched, I was able to learn many different things. One of the things that stood out to me was that there were methods or certain things you could do to lessen your implicit bias. In one of the videos it talked about a certain bias that is found in the criminal justice system. This form of bias is known as confirmation bias. Confirmation bias is the tendency to interpret only certain evidence and information to confirm your own beliefs in a theory or matter. For instance, a good example of confirmation bias would be if someone who is wealthy got away with selling drugs while a poor or less fortunate person who committed the same crime received a charge just because he is not as fortunate and has less than the wealthy individual. The fact that we as people all have our own thought processes and our own biases really could affect a certain outcome of a situation. Especially for those who are going into the criminal justice field. -Anchorman001
ReplyDeleteBefore looking through this website and watching the views I was only certain of knowing what a bias is. I now have a much deeper knowledge of the term bias and it now makes an immensely larger difference on how I see it in our criminal justice system in our country. Learning the difference between implicit and explicit bias was something that caused a great realization to me that no one is perfect and we all have an implicit bias, which is a bias that we have but do not see or notice. An implicit bias can greatly impact our criminal justice system because that is something a person can not notice, or at least notice right away. In a corrections position an officer may have an implicit bias of not liking a certain inmate or gang and favor someone else over them or not treat them the way they are supposed to be treated and that diversity can cause trust issues and disparity among staff. In the courts this can cause a judge or prosecutor to want a harsher sentence when they think they are being fair, when in reality their implicit bias is controlling their thought process. In our justice system an explicit bias will cost you your career because you are expected to eliminate that completely and treat everyone with equal rights that they deserve. Regardless whether or not you realize you have a bias, it is there and there is a lot to learn on this site about what they are and how they can affect the criminal justice system. -Blues001
ReplyDeleteWhen I read the name of this video I was a bit skeptical because in my mind I believed "I know what my biases are, I know what I don't like and don't affiliate with." However, after watching this video I was actually really surprised with the Implicit Bias's that people can have. Learning that what I thought were actually explicit bias's and that I could have more bias's hidden is game changing for me, It made me think when I look at people what do I think without really trying too. I was interested in the countermeasure of Debiasing. The video mentioned that it was harder for us to abandon our biases due to the fact that they are based on what we see or have seen. The more I look at my life and what I was around I kind of get a sense of the correlation between certain instances of my life and how I see people. I will definitely have to look at this more and learn more as I try to go into criminal justice, because the last thing you want is biases.
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Implicit biases are the biases that we are not aware of, but they do still exist and can even effect how we treat others sometimes. Some examples would be homophobia, racism, or sexism. In the context of Law Enforcement, it is imperative we take steps to find out what each of our own implicit biases are so that we can combat them and learn how to minimize them. In order to be fair and trustworthy, we need to treat everyone the same no matter what we may think of them, consciously or unconsciously. One should also not be ashamed that they have implicit biases because everyone does. What's important is how one deals with them and makes sure they don't get interfere with their professionalism and how they treat people. One of the videos talks about the ways to counter these biases. The first is your mindset. You need to come to the realization and accept that everyone, including yourself have these implicit biases and you are not better or more fair than anyone else. You also need to be mindful of what your personal biases are, so you can try to not act on them. You also need to have a desire to be fair. Another way to counter a bias is to surround yourself with people who break the stereotypes, such as females in leadership roles, or males in more nurturing roles. I thought this was a really good tip and it sounds like it would be very effective.
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I think that implicit bias how it was explained in the video can change someone decision making very impactfully. There are many things they people unconsciously do even though they are intentionally making it seem. I think that in law enforcement implicit bias can affect someone's job if its lets it. Like it was mentioned everyone has a bias about someone or something. It might have been influenced by family, friends, religion, politics, etc. Yet, if there is any positive interaction with that one thing there is a bias against of to unfold. Where that can help with building relationship in place there isn’t in the community. When an officer clears his or her mind away from bias there is a chance of better policing because everyone would be treated equally. Once the community notices that they are treated fairly there is a chance that you won’t have much problem communicating with them. That being said the bias that was once there would be there because there isn’t a culture of fear from the police but a relationship within the department and the community. Then the bias put on those in the community won’t continue to be a label that they have to keep hearing. taco001
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