've taken several of those tests, and despite my mother and her side of her family being racists, my father and his side of the family were not except one uncle who primarily lived in Texas. I'm not even a closet racist like you think that test would show.
Did you show the results of your test on Racism?
Here's mine.
Your Result
Your data suggest a moderate automatic preference for European American compared to African American.
Thank you for your participation. Just below is a breakdown of the scores generated by others. Most respondents find it easier to associate
African American with
Bad and
European American with
Good compared to the reverse.
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