Abhijit Naskar's Blog - Posts Tagged "implicit-biases"
Prejudice Test | Corazon Calamidad
Life is one big prejudice unless you question everything. You say, you don’t have any prejudice! Let’s put that to test, shall we! Read the following phrases, pausing a few seconds after each.
Hallelujah!
¡Viva la libertad!
Shabbat Shalom!
Allahu Akbar!
Black Lives Matter!
We’re Here, We’re Queer!
My body, my decision!
Now bring your faculty of reason into action, and think, which of the terms induced a negative emotional response in your mind? It’s nothing out of the ordinary, it’s just common animal nature.
How your brain got conditioned to react in such a way that’s a different matter. The main thing is, your brain just reacted exactly like the brain of pavlov’s dog every time it heard the bell. The only difference is that, a dog doesn’t have further brain capacity to question such conditioning, but a human does.
Hallelujah!
¡Viva la libertad!
Shabbat Shalom!
Allahu Akbar!
Black Lives Matter!
We’re Here, We’re Queer!
My body, my decision!
Now bring your faculty of reason into action, and think, which of the terms induced a negative emotional response in your mind? It’s nothing out of the ordinary, it’s just common animal nature.
How your brain got conditioned to react in such a way that’s a different matter. The main thing is, your brain just reacted exactly like the brain of pavlov’s dog every time it heard the bell. The only difference is that, a dog doesn’t have further brain capacity to question such conditioning, but a human does.
To See Color (The Sonnet) | Ingan Impossible
The problem is not that you see color,
It is that you assume character from color.
The problem is not that you see gender,
It is that you assume capacity from gender.
The problem is not that you see religion,
It is that you assume tendency from religion.
The problem is not that you see profession,
It is that you assume worth from profession.
The problem is not that you see sexuality,
It is that you assume nature from sexuality.
The problem is not that you see nationality,
It is that you assume honor from nationality.
The main problem is not that you make assumptions.
It is that you assume yourself beyond examination.
It is that you assume character from color.
The problem is not that you see gender,
It is that you assume capacity from gender.
The problem is not that you see religion,
It is that you assume tendency from religion.
The problem is not that you see profession,
It is that you assume worth from profession.
The problem is not that you see sexuality,
It is that you assume nature from sexuality.
The problem is not that you see nationality,
It is that you assume honor from nationality.
The main problem is not that you make assumptions.
It is that you assume yourself beyond examination.
World Domination (A Satirical Sonnet) | Himalayan Sonneteer
White people’s pain is pain,
Everybody else’s is just discomfort.
That is why you peddle Hitler,
As such a monster.
You don’t hate Hitler because,
He wanted to dominate the world,
You hate Hitler because he wanted,
To dominate everybody, including the whites.
The world is but heirloom to the whites,
All other claims are null and void!
Loot like a pommy, rebel like an insurrectionist,
Trod on whoever, just not the fellow white!
World domination is the ultimate white privilege.
Threat to white welfare is the ultimate
human rights infringement.
Everybody else’s is just discomfort.
That is why you peddle Hitler,
As such a monster.
You don’t hate Hitler because,
He wanted to dominate the world,
You hate Hitler because he wanted,
To dominate everybody, including the whites.
The world is but heirloom to the whites,
All other claims are null and void!
Loot like a pommy, rebel like an insurrectionist,
Trod on whoever, just not the fellow white!
World domination is the ultimate white privilege.
Threat to white welfare is the ultimate
human rights infringement.
Stagnation & Expansion (The Cognitive Sonnet) | Esperanza Impossible
There is not one but two imaginations,
One causes stagnation, another expansion.
It’s okay to have a little bit of stagnation,
But stagnation as life causes degeneration.
A stagnant mind raises cognitive defenses,
To guard the stagnation against radical ideas.
An expansive mind brings down their defenses,
To expand perception by embracing new ideas.
Stagnant minds revolting against new ideas,
Are like impressionable kids throwing tantrum.
It’s not their fault that they despise expansion,
Ascension takes a huge toll on minds in stagnation.
So when stagnant souls laugh at your expansion,
It is sign that you’re moving in the right direction.
One causes stagnation, another expansion.
It’s okay to have a little bit of stagnation,
But stagnation as life causes degeneration.
A stagnant mind raises cognitive defenses,
To guard the stagnation against radical ideas.
An expansive mind brings down their defenses,
To expand perception by embracing new ideas.
Stagnant minds revolting against new ideas,
Are like impressionable kids throwing tantrum.
It’s not their fault that they despise expansion,
Ascension takes a huge toll on minds in stagnation.
So when stagnant souls laugh at your expansion,
It is sign that you’re moving in the right direction.
