Malcolm Gladwell Response

What stood out to me the most in the Malcolm Gladwell chapter was that Warren Harding got through life so easily, he even got to be president, just based off of his looks! The basic take away message that I see is: don't judge some one by their looks. When it comes to leadership, unconscious bias's are very important. 

Take Warren Harding for example, he looked like a leader, so people followed him, he is also considered one of the worst presidents in american history.

 As we look at people like Piggy, from Lord of the Flies, we see that he is the polar opposite, he knows what needs to get done, he knows how to get it done, but no one follows him because he doesn't look like a leader.

 You can not really change your unconscious bias, but you can over look it by keeping conscious of who you're really dealing with.

 As far as leadership goes, it's hard to pinpoint just a few qualities that a leader must have, because there are so many types. But most can agree that a good leader must be: strong minded and not easily persuaded, but still open minded, calm, intelligent, resourceful, kind but still firm, determined, and as close to selfless as you can get them isn't too bad either.

I took the IAT Race test. My results were that I had a "moderate automatic preference for African American children compared to European American children". I was surprised by these results because I didn't think I had a bias at all.