Dr. Chu Kim-Prieto, assistant professor of psychology at The College of New Jersey, tested to see if simply observing and reading about Native American sports symbols would increase respondents’ prejudices about Asian-Americans, an unrelated racial group at TCNJ and at her alma mater—the University of Illinois, former home of the NCAA-banned mascot Chief Illiniwek. The results indicated that viewing the symbol seems to have prompted the students to react negatively toward another race and suggest something deep about racial consciousness.
Stereotypic symbols could act as “primers” for other stereotypes.
by lindaoppenheim | May 17, 2016 | Article | 0 comments