"In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances".  No words have been truer said then those by Francois de la  Rochefoucauld.  While analyzing the chapter of Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell, it
became apparent that people judge others and their abilities by the first appearance.  One intriguing part of the chapter spoke about unconscious criticisms of others. It really brought to light how much humans as a whole judge each other on the exterior before getting to know the person underneath. 

While reading this chapter and concurrently discussing Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, it demonstrated that the boys did not actually know if Ralph was a good leader. He was chosen because of his attractive appearance, making him an ideal candidate of the Warren Harding Error.  Beyond physical attractiveness, leaders need to have the skills necessary for their position, including good people skills, organization, respect from and for others and humility. Though most people have an unconscious bias, it was noted in
Blink, if you contemplate intentionally and  positively on the race of persons you naturally are not favorable towards in a more agreeable light, your bias could be changed. 

In class, I completed two Implicit Association Tests. I took one on race, and one on race with weapons. For the test just simply on race, I was shown as highly racist. It was very surprising to me, because being as naturally tan as I am, I feel like I am one step closer to African Americans then my eternally pale friends. On the next test, the race with
weapons. I was very unbiased. That did not surprise me at all because I do not have a strong opinion either way on who could or should carry weapons.This lesson made me more aware of unconscious judgement or biases and allowed me to reflect consciously on myself.