Article- AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Part I- Questions-
1. What is Affirmative Action?
2. Who has been Affirmative Action's largest beneficiary? Why do think this group over others has benefited more by affirmative action?
3. What are two myths and corresponding facts that address commonly held beliefs about Affirmative Action?
4. What is the worst stage in the continuum, of competence, why? What is the best stage, why?
5. Explain how the base ball analogy presented in the chapter by Timmothy McCann relates to Affirmative Action.
Part II-
In this exercise, you will be required to take the project implicit association test. Project Implicit is a non-profit organization and international collaborative network of researchers investigating implicit social cognition - thoughts and feelings outside of conscious awareness and control. Project Implicit is the product of a team of scientists whose research produced new ways of understanding attitudes, stereotypes and other hidden biases that influence perception, judgment, and action.
Project Implicit translates that academic research into practical applications for addressing diversity, improving decision-making, and increasing the likelihood that practices are aligned with personal and organizational values.
Project Implicit was founded in 1998 by three scientists - Tony Greenwald (University of Washington), Mahzarin Banaji (Harvard University), and Brian Nosek (University of Virginia).
Go to hups://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html or go to Google and type: project implicit select a test. Now take the race, age and any sex implicit test by clicking on the test. Print or copy and paste your results.
Now share your test results. Explain how having unknown biases can perpetuate discrimination in the workplace and why this is an argument in support of affirmative action.