HARVARD UNIVERSITY RACE IMPLICIT ATTITUDE TEST (IAT) SELF REFLECTION

For this assignment you will write a 300-400-word essay in which you discuss the results of your

Race Implicit Attitude Test (IAT), define, and apply the concepts organizational and structural

discrimination, discuss two social institutions which shaped your racial consciousness, and connect

your results to two textbook articles (explaining why & how your results are connected to the articles).

In your response, please do not spend time stating you do not like the test, that you do not agree with

your results, or becoming defensive. I want you to use this activity to think about implicit bias, how

your results are shaped via social institutions, and how organizational and structural discrimination

impact our lived experiences. For this assignment, consider the IAT results are correct. If the results

11 are correct, what does this information reveal about you, society, and your relationship to our social

institutions?

Please note that your results do not exist in the form of a percentage. The percentages illustrate what

percent of the population falls into a specific response category. If you list your results as a percent,

you will lose the points for your IAT result. Also, kindly note that your results are not graded. Your

grade comes from responding to the prompts in the grading matrix. As such, make sure to follow the

grading matrix below and include all elements of the assignment. If you do not include the mandatory

elements, you will lose points from the assignment. I look forward to reading your IAT essay.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY RACE IMPLICIT ATTITUDE TEST (IAT) GRADING MATRIX:

Introductory hook

1 points

Thesis statement (claim and directional clause)

1 points

Briefly summarize your IAT result

1 point

Were you surprised by your results? Why or why not?

1 point

Define organizational discrimination

1 point

Define structural discrimination

1 point

Discuss one social institution which shaped your Race IAT results

(How did your social environment shape your racial consciousness?)

1 point

Connect/discuss your results to two Rothenberg textbook articles (cite material)

2 points

Were your IAT results shaped on an organizational or structural level? Why?

2 points

Conclusion

1 point

Total

12 points

Use this link to take the RACE IAT Test:https://implicit.harvard.edu/

Instructions:On the Project Implicit Screen click on the box next to the American flag and continue as a guest

On the Preliminary Information screen scroll down and click on "I wish to proceed"

Click "Race IAT"

Under the Welcome screen, read and click "Continue"

Start the Race IAT

You should now be able to begin the test!

Please be specific and detailed and well organized in your response, read the directions for this very carefully and please follow the instructions thoroughly. Also please dig deep in your response. Follow the grading matrix very carefully and thoughtfully as well.