How Racist Am I?

This is a difficult question to ask yourself. But recent events and an increasing amount of research has shown just how much racial bias impacts our world. Before we can start the work of dismantling systemic racism, we have to first understand our own biases. Glad You Asked host Cleo Abram explores if we can measure those biases, how we shine a light on them, and what to do about them.

0:00 Intro
1:11 Racial Bias
2:13 Measuring Bias
5:40 Talking Race
7:22 Cultural Thumbprint
10:41 How Racist Am I?
13:06 Personal Responsibility
19:55 Wrap Up

[FromThaJump]

Black people can be racist, white people can be racist, hispanics can be racist, asians can be racist, russians can be racist, australians can be racist, anyone can be racist.

This DOES NOT MEAN that we are all racist. It doesn't even mean we are all slightly racist. It means racism exists, and anyone can experience it.

[samsam]

Bias and prejudice are part of the human nature. But it's our actions that define us.

[Jack-xdbd]

I always find it disheartening when I hear someone say they need to "shut up and listen" or that "I'm not qualified to talk about race." Diversity in thought is important because everyone's racial experience is different.

[veerysmoothie]

the editing is quite odd, especially during the card game. the stories were randomly cut off and i wanted to understand the participants :/

[CaetanoSauer]

This would have been more interesting if the conversation would have involved people who disagree with each other, and they would have actually argued on the points of contention.

[fernandoalt]

I wanted to get into this video/series but it’s hard to relate to Vox employees who live in the bubble of New York. I would prefer to see how joe six pack and middle America thinks about racism. The lack of diversity, in the cast also factored, we keep talking about a black and white differences but neglect the Asian/Hispanic/Jewish/Arab/ME perspective.

[TacticalCruise]

With Every video VOX is seeming more and more like BuzzFeed

[akshayrana]

I think it's human to have some implicit biases, but one must be fair to everyone.

[dillonclay]

“It’s naive to think that you wouldn’t have taken part in historical atrocities once considered normal if you embrace all the trendy ideas of today.”

-Ayishat Akanbi

[Goyanks]

I’m a black Hispanic and I have my biases and acknowledge them. That being said it’s my job to work on them and treat all human beings with kindness, dignity, and respect regardless of how they look, what they believe in and who they’re attracted to sexually.

[Fazlebastudios]

“When you turn on the tv, play a video game or watching a movie the bad guys are typically always bald and typically always black”. I think this quote sort of delegitimizes what he says in general. I can’t think of any black villain, I even searched for it and I would say that 90% of the villains that came up were white. I don’t think he’s a bad person but when you say something that big then maybe your judgement on other things are very shifted as well

[brandonw]

I know it's a popular editing style to do quicker cuts and shift between different people taking. It can make the video more engaging and dynamic. But in the section that starts around 6:32, I really think it would have been much better to slow down and include enough of everyone's explanation so that the audience can understand the gist of what happened. In other words, the editor can have a bit more faith in the audience's attention span.

[Minizorg]

So, I don't understand one thing... Why is having racial preferences in dating racist?
For me it's like saying that having a preference for skinny people is fatphobic, just doesn't make that much sense in my head.

[alekseiloboda]

As a Russian I'd like to highlight that there are few things that are totally OK to kill in western movies and video games:
1.Undead nazi zombies
2.Genocidal aliens from outer space
3.Russians

I'm not really angry about that, but looks kinda hypocritical tbh.

[justinpedersen]

7:19 Please can you show any research on this that backs that up? The things I've been able to find show its predominantly white villains, so much so that you could argue there's not enough representation of other races in that role.

[porschesbs]

I'd like to see the IAT test bias between attractive people and ugly people. I suspect that bias may be stronger and more widespread than any having to do with race.

[jackdanielson]

I think a big problem that is overlooked is how we create our own identity. Growing up white in America, I never had a sense that my whiteness was my identity. I did learn very early about racism though. I was in a poor, predominantly black neighborhood, and I was bullied, chased, and beaten up nearly everyday because I was white. I was called many derogatory racist names and my brother almost died after getting jumped by at least 5 black dudes who continued to stomp on his head while he was already on the ground.

Yet, somehow I still looked to black culture for inspiration. My role models were 2pac and Michael Jordan and I loved rap music and thought black culture was "cool". I think I was able to look up to the same "group" that was holding me down in my childhood because I didn't have an identity with my whiteness. It just happened to be the case that I was regularly harassed and assaulted by black people and just so happened that inspirational figures in my life were also black.

I truly believe the more we focus on our differences and see things as either racist or not, we will just become more divided.

[mollkatless]

Simple question; does diversity of skin color represent a diversity of thought? or conversely, can people have different skin colors, and think exactly the same? hmmmm

[jelkrette]

I don't think dating biases are racist. I mean we think it's normal for people to like a specific hair colour so why do you think that skin colour is any different than any other trade?

[augusths]

I think that saying race preferences in dating is racist is madness, you wouldnt say that a gay man is sexist. You love who you love, thats just how it is