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06/28/2009: "Test That Found Widespread Unconscious Racial Bias Validated"
In the decade since the Implicit Association Test was introduced, its most surprising and controversial finding is its indication that about 70 percent of those who took a version of the test that measures racial attitudes have an unconscious, or implicit, preference for white people compared to blacks. This contrasts with figures generally under 20 percent for self report, or survey, measures of race bias.
A new study published this week validates those findings, showing that the Implicit Association Test, a psychological tool, has validity in predicting behavior and, in particular, that it has significantly greater validity than self-reports in the socially sensitive topics of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and age.
[ What this doesn't mention is exactly WHO it is that is more biased towards white people. I seem to recall that it turns out that those least biased in this way were white people who were brainwashed liberals - meanwhile blacks overwhelmingly showed signs of anxiety/fear viewing random black faces than they did white. I may be confusing two studies here but this explains why there is no suggestion in the report that whites were the ones prejudiced in favour of whites. ]
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617142120.htm