Are there any online quizzes out there that help students identify themselves (or others) as being prejudiced?

I apologize for the long question. I am about to start teaching my ELLs about the Civil Rights Movement. Though none of them see themselves as prejudiced, I have heard that there are quick assessments out there that kids can take that will help them identify their biases, confront them, and deal with them.

I vaguely remember taking one where you looked at a series of pictures quickly after you read the accompanying scenario. Example..."The man is young with sagging pants, a sleeveless shirt, and dark glasses. He is standing behind you in a line in a store. You..." At this point, alternating pictures of young men of all ethnic groups appear on your screen where your reaction time is counted. Long story short, longer stares generally meant a prejudice of some type.

If you know of any type of online self-analysis, I would be eternally grateful if you would share it.

Thanks.

Denise

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Permalink Reply by Michael Kadin on March 19, 2010 at 9:18am

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/selectatest.html

This is probably what you are looking for.

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Permalink Reply by Denise Stewart on April 18, 2010 at 5:06pm

Hi Michael,

Yep, that was the one! Now, I just need to get the school's OK to have students take it:)

Thank you.

Denise

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Permalink Reply by Joanne Lozar Glenn on September 8, 2010 at 7:46am

Michael, have been trying to email you re: your blog on SMS and using texting in the classroom for an article I am writing. Please respond to jlg at joannelozarglenn.com. Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Mary Lou Buell on April 12, 2010 at 10:56am

There are good resources on this site that I use with my "Culture and Conflict" students. http://understandingrace.org/

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Permalink Reply by John J Caprice on April 13, 2010 at 2:27pm

Hey Mary Lou,

Everyone should read the artice on Eugenics, It is a real eye opener.

JJC

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Permalink Reply by Denise Stewart on April 18, 2010 at 5:04pm

Mary,

This is truly an incredible site! I especially liked the section on census forms from around the world. This should be an eye-opener for faculty and students alike:) Thank you.

Denise

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Permalink Reply by Jo on April 13, 2010 at 6:43pm

Not sure is this gets at it, but led to really good discussion with pre-service teachers from Teaching Tolerance http://www.tolerance.org/tdsi/

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Permalink Reply by Denise Stewart on April 18, 2010 at 4:39pm

Jo,

This site has some incredible material in it. I also teach an ELD methodology class at night and we are talking about respect for diversity this week. I will share this with them.

I also am going to tie some of it into the Civil Rights Unit I am doing with my ELLs in high school.

Thank you very much:)

Denise

www.ellteacherpros.com

www.teachingsuccesseswithells.blogspot.com

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Permalink Reply by Joanne Lozar Glenn on September 8, 2010 at 7:44am

I believe Teaching Tolerance has such a quiz. See http://www.tolerance.org/

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Permalink Reply by E Cohen on September 9, 2010 at 7:24am

Harvard University has created something called Implicit Association Tests that are online.

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/takeatest.html

The tests are rather creative in the way they show that many people still have prejudice/negative associations with certain groups of people. Reading their reports and results have been eye opening. Check it out.

Eron

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Permalink Reply by Jane Krauss on September 9, 2010 at 1:14pm

I think a better term than "prejudice" is unconscious bias. Most of us when asked would insist we are not prejudiced, but the idea of unconscious bias lets us recognize that forces act on us in ways that we don't recognize but which shape our thoughts, opinion, and actions.
The newer term for unconscious bias (which still has a tinge of blame associated with it) is implicit association.

As previous posters mentioned, the Harvard site is really interesting and activities there help people understand that unconscious bias or implicit associations are a natural part of human nature and can cut both ways with negative and positive associations.
A good place to start would be with the idea of "inattentional blindness," the idea that we attend to some things and are blind to others, from the Visual Cognition group basketball test. The VisCog group asks that you not use this link for more than personal use. For class demonstration get their DVD.