A couple weeks ago TheAmazingAtheist took some test from Harvard that was supposed to determine if you had inherent bias. Anyways I decided to take it to. Will turns out I do have implicit bias against people of other races and the opposite gender. Which really only confirmed something I sort of already knew about myself. Around the same time I got interested in watching MLP FiM. I really enjoyed the first two episodes and decided to watch the entire season. Before I go on I need to explain something about myself. Even though I am young one thing that bothers me personally to an extent is the thought that I am racist or sexist. Even if only subconsciously. Anyways a few weeks ago I started watching Luke Cage. One thing I never thought about while watching it was that there where no white characters. Anyways I only noticed it until one of my family members mentioned it. Usually I am the type of person that once you mention something I can't stop thinking about it. Even if I don't agree with it. What this helped me realize was that I'm not racist. The fact that Luke Cage has like two white actors doesn't bother me. I know that sounds silly but I genuinely don't want to be racist. Now at this point I think you know where this is going. If Luke Cage helped me realize I'm not racist then how did My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic help me realize I'm not sexist. To be honest I'm the type of person that when reading a book will default to assume that a character is white or male. Yes I know I am racist. Anyways I am trying to get better at not doing that. One thing I was worried about while watching MLP was that subconsciously I was substituting the characters female genders for a male one. I know that sounds stupid but this is something that bothers me. I'm not really a nice person in general I guess so I don't want to make things worse by being sexist. Anyways after watching season one I realized that I am not sexist. Even though I am a male and the main characters are female I found that I still enjoyed them and could relate to them. I don't care that there female. And yes I realize it's silly to say that I can relate to amphmorphiszed cartoon characters but that's just the way I feel.
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