{"id":35434,"date":"2014-01-15T21:05:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T21:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=35434"},"modified":"2014-01-15T21:05:13","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T21:05:13","slug":"when-an-%e2%80%9ceducated%e2%80%9d-black-man-becomes-lighter-in-the-mind%e2%80%99s-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=35434","title":{"rendered":"When an \u201cEducated\u201d Black Man Becomes Lighter in the Mind\u2019s Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"

When an \u201cEducated\u201d Black Man Becomes Lighter in the Mind\u2019s Eye<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

SAGE Open<\/a>
\n2014-01-14
\n9 pages
\nDOI: 10.1177\/2158244013516770<\/a><\/p>\n

Avi Ben-Zeev<\/a><\/strong>, Professor of Cognitive Psychology
\n San Francisco State University <\/em><\/p>\n

Tara C. Dennehy<\/a><\/strong>
\n University of Massachusetts, Amherst<\/em><\/p>\n

Robin I. Goodrich<\/a><\/strong>
\n University of California, Davis<\/em><\/p>\n

Branden S. Kolarik<\/a><\/strong>
\n University of California, Davis<\/em><\/p>\n

Mark W. Geisler<\/a><\/strong>, Professor of Physiological Psychology
\n San Francisco State University<\/em><\/p>\n

We offer novel evidence that a Black man appears lighter in the mind\u2019s eye<\/a> following a counter-stereotypic<\/a> prime<\/a>, a phenomenon we refer to as skin tone memory bias. In Experiment 1, participants were primed subliminally with the counter-stereotypic word educated or with the stereotypic word ignorant, followed by the target stimulus of a Black man\u2019s face. A recognition memory task for the target\u2019s face and six lures (skin tone variations of \u00b125%, \u00b137%, and \u00b150%) revealed that participants primed with \u201ceducated\u201d exhibited more memory errors with respect to lighter lures\u2014misidentifying even the lightest lure as the target more often than counterparts primed with \u201cignorant.\u201d This skin tone memory bias was replicated in Experiment 2. We situate these findings in theorizing on the mind\u2019s striving for cognitive consistency. Black individuals who defy social stereotypes might not challenge social norms sufficiently but rather may be remembered as lighter, perpetuating status quo beliefs.<\/p>\n

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