Overt Racism: An Argument Analysis

Halperin article:
I strongly agree with the findings of this study dealing with malleable and fixed nature traits. Although, a person may have been raised under strict beliefs and even to have hatred toward a certain group of people or topic, this is not an indication that those individuals are not capable of altering their beliefs. The four studies that were done, just prove that regardless of the beliefs we carry that we commonly feel are set in stone, are capable of being modified. Four studies done by these researchers explain just how malleability can overcome any fixed traits about an individual or a group for that matter. They provide us with the first study which involves a broad sample of Israeli Jews, they were assessed based
These three studies provide us with insightful evidence about overt racism. When dealing with overt racism, I think it is extremely vital to remember implicit and explicit bias. Everyone deals with some type of implicit bias, this is based on one’s upbringing and occurs in the unconscious part of the brain. Explicit bias is when one goes out of their way to make others aware of their opinion. Explicit bias can spiral out of control, causing one to blatantly blast their feelings towards a certain individual for various reasons, which in turn increases negative views of your own race, causing many of the affairs we commonly see today. I agree with this study in some aspects, and not in others. It is ironic that in all three studies, the vast majority of individuals in the experimenter groups, that were confronted with either moderate racial slurs or an extreme slur directed towards the black confederate, still chose to work with the white confederate by a significant percentage. Whereas, the forecasters were given an almost exact replica of the event, just through a detailed scenario and they seemed to be extremely distraught by the situation. Considering their feelings of agitation, it is no surprise they chose to work with the black confederate when asked. Multiple studies were done to expand on this research by adding videos to the forecasters group to see if
I agree that having a sense of social belonging, could be vital to a person's life, especially when going through a tough program such as college. However, the article's primary focus is directed on the effect social issues have on African Americans solely because they are a minority. The researchers here believe that if your social relationships in your life are going well, it has a positive effect as well on overall health and some type of advantage to a better life. I do agree with this detail, however, I find the issue of being accepted socially is an issue that affects the entire human race. The interventions that the studies provided us with, do supply justification for their hypotheses. When dealing with the treatment groups, we can see that the areas in life the researchers wanted to improved by the manipulation of the videos of the treatment, did work. Although, we can see these increases throughout African Americans, the treatment effect was not anymore significant in many cases than the European Americans. If colleges everywhere around the world could show videos of all types of races and gender speaking about the topic of social relationships and how it does get easier over time, there would a tremendous decrease in some of the violent and harsh crimes we see in today’s time. This problem of thinking you could be socially rejected can be disheartening and in