{"id":46312,"date":"2016-03-31T18:08:07","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T18:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=46312"},"modified":"2017-03-05T23:16:36","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T23:16:36","slug":"where-we-live-affects-our-bias-against-mixed-race-individuals-psychology-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=46312","title":{"rendered":"Where We Live Affects Our Bias Against Mixed-Race Individuals, Psychology Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where We Live Affects Our Bias Against Mixed-Race Individuals, Psychology Study Finds<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

NYU News<\/a>
\nNew York University
\n2016-03-14<\/p>\n

Press Contact: James Devitt<\/a><\/strong> | (212) 998-6808<\/p>\n

Whites living in areas where they are less exposed to those of other races have a harder time categorizing mixed-race individuals than do Whites with greater interracial exposure, a condition that is associated with greater prejudice against mixed-race individuals, a new experimental study shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For decades, research has shown that Whites with lower interracial exposure show greater prejudice against Blacks, but the new study finds they also show a greater prejudice against mixed-race individuals\u2014the fastest growing racial group in the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur findings show that White individuals with lower interracial exposure tend to exhibit greater prejudice against mixed-race individuals,\u201d explains Jonathan Freeman<\/a>, an assistant professor in New York University\u2019s Department of Psychology and the study\u2019s lead author. \u201cThe results suggest that this bias arises in individuals with lower interracial exposure because they visually process racially ambiguous faces in a more difficult and unpredictable fashion, and this unstable experience translates into negative biases against mixed-race people.\u201d<\/p>\n

A video outlining the research may be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The study\u2019s other authors included Kristin Pauker<\/a>, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and Diana Sanchez<\/a>, an associate professor of psychology at Rutgers University.<\/p>\n

The research<\/a>, which appears in the journal Psychological Science<\/em><\/a>, considered two national samples totaling approximately 350 subjects. It determined subjects\u2019 interracial exposure by matching Census data with their zip codes. To gauge subjects\u2019 responses, the researchers relied on an innovative mouse-tracking technique that uses an individual\u2019s hand movements to reveal unconscious cognitive processes. Unlike surveys, in which individuals can consciously alter their responses, this technique requires respondents to make split-second decisions about others where an unconscious\u2014and more honest\u2014preference can be uncovered through their hand-motion trajectory…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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