1. How did you react to your results?  Were you surprised?  Angry or hurt? Pleased?  Discuss what you felt and why you think you felt what you did. I was not surprised by the results and was actually pleased by them. I had never considered myself a racist but when i was told to take a test i was afraid they would tell me i am. But I'm not so it's all good. I think that i the 21rst century people should have moved past the racism thing and become more concerned with global warming or something. It's already been proven that neither white or black or Hispanic people are genetically superior. 
2. Do you believe that your test results say something about you that you should pay attention to?  Why or why not? I think that they tell me that I am a result of my upbringing and I am a result of what i want to be. I didn't want to be racist so I am not, and I was raised by an open minded family which i hope will help me keep an open mind throughout my life. 
3. Do you think that these tests are valid?  When you first saw your results, did you question or accept the tests' validity? I accepted the tests validity because it was what i predicted the results would be. I think they are as close to valid as it is possible to become because it is really hard to measure or test an emotion. 
4. Give examples of the cultural messages that many support attitudes linking a dominant group in your nation or culture with "good" or "superior" attributes and a subordinate group with "bad" or "inferior" ones. Are these attitudes generalizations that can be called stereotypes?  How can generalizations be distinguished from stereotypes? An example of a racist thing is the media, i feel like most of the heroes and heroines in movies are white Americans. I also think that the media is changing that and african americans are taking the screen more and more which is obviously a good thing because there are a lot of super awesome african american actors and actresses. 
5. If some of our consciously held beliefs, attitudes, and values are undermined by what Gladwell,another writer we'll be reading soon....http://www.gladwell.com/blink/index.html, calls rapid cognition (others call this intuitive thinking or even gut feelings), what do you suggest we can do to combat jumping to (false) conclusions? It would help to enter every situation with an open mind and to practice changing your racist or instinctive thoughts. I don't think there is really anything you can do to control your gut feelings and i think it might be a bad thing to try, instinct help us to stay alive. If you see someone who makes you uncomfortable and is looking at you like they want to eat you, and your gut is telling you to run away... it might be good to just listen to your gut and run. It could be dangerous to ignore our instincts completely.