Title: What are the consequences of stereotypes? - Getting Race Right
Headings: What are the consequences of stereotypes?
What are the consequences of stereotypes?
It’s so easy to see in an experiment
And so difficult to see in real life
Stereotypes influence how we think about other people
Stereotypes influence how we behave toward other people
Stereotypes perpetuate inequality and place a significant burden on those affected
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Content: Is he violent? Or just horsing around? Does he need a talking-to from the teacher, or should the principal send him home? Our answers to these questions depend, in part, on race. Stereotypes matter. They have consequences. And we don’t always see them at work. But how? There are three major ways this happens. Stereotypes influence how we think about other people
Stereotypes direct our attention toward some things and away from others, affecting what we notice, and what we remember later on.