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| Warren Harding |
In his chapter, Malcolm Gladwell discusses how looks play a larger role in how we perceive someone than we might realize. He uses Warren Harding’s looks and there affect on his career as an example along with an IAT test that shows us our unconscious biases. Overall, Gladwell is trying to make us aware of the split second judgements we make on people based on their physical appearance.
Leaders often need to look the part in order to be chosen. A leader must show strong work ethic, bravery, experience, and intelligence. When we see a person who would like to be a leader, we subconscious make decisions weather they will be good based if their looks exhibit certain traits. Changing your subconscious is very hard to do. As Gladwell states in the article, your subconscious is based off of your experiences; if you live a society with mainly one race, you will have preference to that race. In order to change your subconscious you would need to completely change your way of life and who you interact with on a daily basis.
I took the race IAT and it showed I have a slight preference for whites. I was not surprised by these results because I live in a largely white community as opposed to a diverse community.
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| IAT Test |
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