I thought the IAT was very accurate for me. My results were exactly what I would have chosen to describe myself. The IAT was designed to test feelings that people aren't always willing or able to admit, but apparently my implicit feelings towards race are aligned fairly well with my explicit feelings.
The Dateline video made me realize that many people don't know their implicit feelings on race and test results can be very different than people would expect of themselves. The video also helped me to understand how implicit attitudes towards race can affect people in their everyday lives. People may unconsciously favor a certain race and act upon their favoritism without even realizing.
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