“So you flunked a racism test. Now what?”
You know when a headline grabs you? This one did. I’m convinced that we all are impacted by implicit bias in regards to race and wish we would just admit it. In theological terms this is called total depravity. Sin impacts every part of us. This article can help people admit that.
However I’m unsettled because in reading this I can treat bias in a way that is as casual as, “Oh I grabbed the wrong pair of socks”. This is not ok as we see the way implicit bias oppresses so deeply and leads to death not life for others and us.
The article also leaves the reader with a gap as the authors admit we do not know how to fix this with science. Yep, the only one I’ve seen with a solution is Jesus. Have you seen the stories of him giving access for those who were shut out in the house of worship (John 2) or deliberately bringing the good news of the kingdom to a hated people (John 4)? It is he that it is said breaks down the dividing wall (Ephesians 2) and it is only in saying yes to him that I’ve seen any breakthrough.