Overcoming fears and biases to protect others - + KSHB.com: "Lora McDonald is the executive director of MORE2, the Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equality. She said part of their work is helping to unearth the undercurrent of racism that is present in everyday life to foster equality. McDonald said training is a huge part of their work. “There’s a difference between how we are treated and how people of color are treated in this nation. For white people we often think we know a lot about race and have a lot of opinions about it. But we don’t know the lived experience of a person of color in this nation.” McDonald encourages people to take the Implicit Bias Test. It’s available online on the Project Implicit website. McDonald believes it gives people a chance to gauge their own biases in a number of areas. According to the Project Implicit website, an Implicit Association test measures attitudes that a person may be unable or unwilling to report. The IAT measures the strength of associations between concepts and evaluations or stereotypes. The methodology behind the test is that a response is easier when it closely relates to one’s own innate belief system. “It’s an interesting, thought-provoking test. You might be surprised at your results. Some don’t even realize they have a bias,” said McDonald. "
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