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: What are the consequences of stereotypes? - Getting Race Right
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It’s so easy to see in an experiment
In a research lab at UC Berkeley a number of years ago, White college students watched a video of two young men, one Black and one White, who were in an argument. For half the participants, the video ended with the White man pushing the Black man; the other half saw the Black man push the White man. Everything else in the video was the same, and the two shoves were carefully choreographed to be as much alike as possible. How did the viewers interpret what they had seen? Fully 75% of those who saw the Black man do the shoving said that it was a violent act, intended to harm the White man. But only 17% of those who saw the White man do the shoving said that he was violent.