Nej, din hjerne er ikke racistisk No|your|brain|is|not|racist Nein, Ihr Gehirn ist nicht rassistisch No, your brain is not racist.

I 1985 blev Ronald Cotton idømt livstid for indbrud og voldtægt. In|was|Ronald|Cotton|sentenced|life|for|burglary|and|rape In 1985, Ronald Cotton was sentenced to life for burglary and rape.

Han blev identificeret ud fra det her foto, men han havde ikke begået forbrydelserne. He|was|identified|from|by|this|here|photo|but|he|had|not|committed|the crimes He was identified from this photo, but he had not committed the crimes.

Det var ham her, Bobby Poole. It|was|him|here|Bobby|Poole It was this man, Bobby Poole.

Kan du se ligheden? Can|you|see|the similarity Can you see the similarity?

Offeret, en hvid kvinde, var 100 procent sikker på, at Cotton havde voldtaget hende. The victim|a|white|woman|was|percent|sure|that|that|Cotton|had|raped| The victim, a white woman, was 100 percent sure that Cotton had raped her.

Men det var det ikke. But|it|was|it|not But it wasn't.

Det er blot et af mange eksempler på misidentifikation. It|is|just|one|of|many|examples|of|misidentification This is just one of many examples of misidentification.

Det sker ikke bevidst. Det kan være svært at se forskel på andre etniciteter. It|happens|not|consciously|It|can|be|difficult|to|see||between|other|ethnicities It does not happen consciously. It can be difficult to tell the difference between other ethnicities.

Det er blevet undersøgt i over 100 år og kaldes etnicitetseffekten. It|has|been|investigated|for|over|years|and|is called|the ethnicity effect It has been studied for over 100 years and is called the ethnicity effect.

Det lyder som en fordom, at det er svært at se forskel - It|sounds|like|a|prejudice|that|it|is|hard|to|see| It sounds like a prejudice that it is difficult to see the difference -

- men din hjerne kan lettere se forskel på personer med din etnicitet. but|your|brain|can|more easily|see||between|people|of|your|ethnicity - but your brain can more easily distinguish between people of your ethnicity.

Møder du ikke så tit kinesere, kan det være svært at se forskel. Meet|you|not|so|often|Chinese people|can|it|be|difficult|to|see| If you don't meet Chinese people very often, it can be hard to tell the difference.

Det samme gælder for personer med afrikansk oprindelse. Og omvendt. The|same|applies|for|people|with|African|origin|And|vice versa The same applies to people of African descent. And vice versa.

I en undersøgelse så 29 hvide personer på billeder af hvide og sorte. In|a|study|saw|white|people|at|pictures|of|white|and|black In a study, 29 white individuals looked at pictures of white and black people.

De så enten to personer med samme etnicitet eller to forskellige billeder af den samme person. They|saw|either|two|people|with|same|ethnicity|or|two|different|pictures|of|the|same|person They either saw two people of the same ethnicity or two different pictures of the same person.

De skulle markere, hvis personerne var den samme. They|should|mark|if|the people|were|the|same They should mark if the individuals were the same.

Deltagerne skelnede hurtigere mellem to personer med samme etnicitet som dem selv. The participants|distinguished|faster|between|two|people|with|same|ethnicity|as|them|selves The participants distinguished more quickly between two individuals of the same ethnicity as themselves.

Undersøgelser bekræfter - Studies|confirm Studies confirm -

- at vi opfatter personer med en anden etnicitet som svære at adskille. that|we|perceive|people|with|another|different|ethnicity|as|difficult|to|distinguish - that we perceive individuals of a different ethnicity as difficult to separate.

Så for dem med kaukasisk etnicitet, hvide - So|for|them|with|Caucasian|ethnicity|white So for those with Caucasian ethnicity, white -

- kan kinesere ligne hinanden. For kinesere kan hvide ligne hinanden. can|Chinese people|resemble|each other|For|Chinese people|can|white people|resemble|each other - Chinese people can look alike. For Chinese people, white people can look alike.

Er din hjerne så racistisk? Is|your|brain|so|racist Is your brain then racist?

Nej, den er praktisk og har fokus på det vigtige her og nu. Det bliver den god til. No|it|is|practical|and|has|focus|on|the|important|here|and|now|It|will become|it|good|at No, it is practical and focuses on what is important here and now. It becomes good at that.

Troels W. Kjær er professor og en af landets førende hjerneforskere. Troels|W|Kjær|is|professor|and|one|of|the country's|leading|brain researchers Troels W. Kjær is a professor and one of the country's leading brain researchers.

Hjernen bruger meget energi og skiller sig af med unødvendig information. The brain|uses|a lot of|energy|and|separates|itself|off|with|unnecessary|information The brain uses a lot of energy and discards unnecessary information.

For ikke at bruge unødvendig energi - To|not|to|use|unnecessary|energy In order not to use unnecessary energy -

- skelner den mellem dem, du møder tit, så du kan kende forskel på dem. distinguishes|it|between|them|you|meet|often|so|you|can|recognize||between|them - it distinguishes between those you meet often, so you can tell them apart.

Etniciteter, du ikke møder så tit, bruger den ikke energi på. Ethnicities|you|not|encounter|so|often|spend|it|not|energy|on Ethnicities you don't encounter often, your brain doesn't expend energy on.

Din hjerne er altså ikke racistisk, bare praktisk. Your|brain|is|therefore|not|racist|just|practical So your brain is not racist, just practical.

Har du svært ved at se forskel på to med en anden etnicitet, er det ikke mærkeligt. Do|you|hard|at||see||between|two|with|a|different|ethnicity|is|it|not|strange If you have difficulty distinguishing between two people of a different ethnicity, it's not strange.

Du kan træne effekten væk ved at se film med andre etniciteter. You|can|train|the effect|away|by|to|watching|movies|with|other|ethnicities You can train the effect away by watching movies with other ethnicities.

Din hjerne skal vænnes til at se forskellige mennesker. Your|brain|should|be accustomed|to|to|see|different|people Your brain needs to get used to seeing different people.

Lad os vende tilbage til Ronald Cotton, der fik en livstidsdom. Let|us|return|back|to|Ronald|Cotton|who|received|a|life sentence Let's return to Ronald Cotton, who received a life sentence.

Cotton havnede i fængsel med den rigtige gerningsmand, Bobby Poole - Cotton|ended up|in|prison|with|the|real|perpetrator|Bobby|Poole Cotton ended up in prison with the real perpetrator, Bobby Poole -

- der sad inde for en anden forbrydelse. Her blev de også forvekslet. who|sat|inside|for|another|another|crime|Here|were|they|also|confused - who was incarcerated for another crime. Here, they were also confused.

Ti år senere kunne dna-undersøgelser afsløre Cottons uskyld. Ten|years|later|could|DNA||reveal|Cotton's|innocence Ten years later, DNA testing could reveal Cotton's innocence.

USA bruger stadig øjenvidner til at identificere gerningsmænd - USA|uses|still|eyewitnesses|to||identify|perpetrators The USA still uses eyewitnesses to identify perpetrators -

- men sager som denne har givet bevidsthed om usikkerheden. but|issues|like|this|have|given|awareness|of|uncertainty - but cases like this have raised awareness of the uncertainty.

Efter mere end et årti i fængsel var Ronald Cotton atter en fri mand. After|more|than|a|decade|in|prison|was|Ronald|Cotton|again|a|free|man After more than a decade in prison, Ronald Cotton was once again a free man.

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