-

What do these events

The recent
racist
have
in
common?
video from MTH

- Racist Oklahoma
University chant
- All Lives Matter
- The deaths of
Trayvon Martin,

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THEY ALL EXHIBIT

EXPLICIT AND
IMPLICIT RACISM

Implicit Racial
Bias: Hidden
Thoughts that
Affect Your Life
Haley Sayo
Independent Research
GT
Mount Hebron High
School
Advisor: Kelly
Capotosto, research
assistant at the Kirwan

Overview
- My interest in
implicit bias
- Information
about the topic
- Questions and
hypotheses
- Data collection

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Interest

- Implicit bias is
everywhere and it
affects everything
- People must
become more
educated about it

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- Changing it will

What is Implicit Racism?

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Implicit
- Deeply rooted in the
subconscious
- Created by thoughts
and opinions that
build up over time
- Fueled by explicit
racism, the media,
peers, or racist
events experienced

Explicit
- Outward and obvious
- Meant to offend or
threaten
- Can be fueled by
implicit racism, the
media, peers, or
racist events

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Questions
- How do demographic
factors affect implicit
bias?
- How does bias affect
daily life?
- Are there methods that
can be used to

- Older age, more

Southern or Western
locations, and race
can negatively
affect implicit bias.

Hypothes
es

- Bias affects criminal

justice,
employment,
medicine, and more.
- To decrease bias,
methods such as
increased

Data Collection
- Surveys used to
collect data about
demographic
influences
- Questions include,
age, race, state,
and score on

What My Research Shows

-

Obvious trends in the relationships

Younger people had less bias
Most had a preference for European Americans
The Northeast and West had more bias compared
to other regions
- People are far less biased today judging by the
amount of people with little bias

More research about

implicit bias can create a
more equal world for
everyone

Any questions?

Works Cited
Desmond-Harris, Jenee. "Implicit Bias Means We're All Probably at Least a Little Bit
Racist." Vox Media. N.p., 23 June 2015. Web. 14 Oct. 2015.
Florida, Richard. "The Geography of Hate." The Atlantic. Atlantic Monthly Group, 11
May 2011. Web. 11 Nov. 2015.
Gregoire, Carolyn. How Mindfulness Can Help Dislodge Unconscious Racial Biases.
The Huffington Post. N.p., 9 Dec. 2014. Web. 21 Oct. 2015.
Hill, Brandon. Stanford Speaks: Racial Bias, a Psychological Experiment.Online Video
Clip. 7 Dec. 2012. Web. 23 Sept. 2015.
Staats, Cheryl, and Charles Patton. "State of the Science: Implicit Bias Review 2013."