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Implicit bias testing, which measures reaction times to racial images, is criticized as a pseudo-scientific method to label individuals as racist. The HBO series *Watchmen* is cited for dramatizing these tests to "mainline" racial trauma and propaganda into the public consciousness. The hosts discuss rejecting such "trauma-based entertainment" despite its inclusion of historical events like the Tulsa Massacre.
A 2007 Dateline NBC segment shows civil rights attorneys and activists failing implicit association tests, often showing a preference for white faces despite their professional backgrounds. The results suggest that even black participants can show a preference for whiteness due to media influence. The experiment is framed as a "labyrinth" where no participant can escape being labeled with some form of bias.
