Having an increasingly diverse society would lessen implicit biases (unconscious biases) people have towards different races because people would be exposed to different cultures and would get to know people and move past stereotypes and misconceptions. Once we get rid of, or at least minimize, implicit biases, I think society will become more diverse and accepting. Because many people unknowingly have implicit biases towards different races, this can unintentionally affect hiring practices, friendship decisions, medical diagnosis (especially psychological), and police decisions. This is another reason why diversity needs to increase, thus justifying affirmative action.
I received a “little to no racial preference for African Americans or European Americans (I can’t remember the exact phrase- sorry)”after taking the IAT, but I had a hard time during the test just because I got used to the arrangement of the categories from the first round, so I made more mistakes because I was used to pressing a certain