The Culture Inside June 8, 2017

from Invisibilia· ·

Is there a part of ourselves that we don't acknowledge, that we don't even have access to and that might make us ashamed if we encountered it? We begin with a woman whose left hand takes instructions from a different part of her brain. It hits her, and knocks cigarettes out of her hand and makes her wonder: who is issuing the orders? Is there some other "me"in there I don't know about? We then ask this question about one of the central problems of our time: racism. Scientific research has shown that even well meaning people operate with implicit …



Is there a part of ourselves that we don't acknowledge, that we don't even have access to and that might make us ashamed if we encountered it?