Video game developers at Activision Blizzard say they'll walk out Wednesday

Re:Video game developers at Activision Blizzard say they'll ... by cletus on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @06:14PM (#27978336)

I believe (but I'm not 100% certain) that I personally first heard this term when I heard about these studies. I remember it because it's something that hadn't occurred to me.

But that's the thing: your mind is capable of making these subconscious connections. So if you happen to be discriminatory against African Americans, names are going to be a signal whether you realize it or not.

I'm oddly reminded of some TikToks I've seen recently where people talk about how they're unintentionally conditioned their dogs with things like "Thank you, good meeting" as something they always say at the end of a Zoom call and their dogs perk up because they know they're going to get attention, go for a walk or whatever.

Forming a connection doesn't require intent from either party.

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Re:Video game developers at Activision Blizzard say they'll ... by CobaltFire on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @06:27PM (#27978427)

Thanks for the follow-up!

I'm very aware of the biases that I gained growing up in my household and do my absolute best to crush them. That's why this term stuck out to me; it's not something I had heard but makes absolute sense when I look at how people in my family react to names.

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