Implicit bias and race

In order to understand perceived racism, we can look at Kleck and Strenta 1980 in which participants were led to believe that they were perceived as physically deviant in the eyes of an interactant when in fact they were not. (the researchers tricked the participant) Following a brief discussion, the participant commented on those aspects of the interactant's behavior that appeared to be linked to the deviance.

General implicit bias tests
Zigerell (2018) meta-analyzed 17 studies based on dual situations where a white or black person could be at fault. Zigerell found that white people exhibited a statistically insignificant tendency to favor black people while black people exhibited a pro black bias that was larger and statistically significant.



Unreliability in self perceived racism
Interestingly, a 2017 NPR survey found that black people who live in predominantly black areas are more likely to report having been discriminated compared to a non majority black area. Pew 2016 finds that blacks who are doing educationally better feel like they've experienced more barriers from racism which suggests self perceived racism isn't reliable