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Beyond Black and White: Conceptualizing and Essentializing Black-White Identity.
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Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology . Jan2022, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p13-28. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Objective: Psychological research suggests that Black-White individuals are often conceptualized as Black and White, and that essentialist beliefs about race are negatively associated with conceptualizing Black-White individuals as such. The present research examined what people think it means to be Black and White (e.g., a mixture of Black and White vs. completely Black and completely White) and whether essentialism is indeed negatively associated with such concepts. Method: We used multiple methodologies (e.g., surveys, open-ended explanations, experimental manipulations) to examine how Black, White, and Black-White perceivers conceptualized Black-White individuals (Studies 1-3) and the extent to which essentialist beliefs, both dispositional (Studies 2-3) and experimentally induced (Study 4), predicted those concepts. Results: We find that U.S. Black-White individuals most often conceptualized "Black and White" to mean a mixture of Black and White (Study 1), as did U.S. White individuals and U.S. Black individuals (Studies 2 and 3), and that racial essentialism--both dispositional (Studies 2 and 3) and experimentally manipulated (Study 4)--was positively associated with this conception. Conclusion: Our data shed new light on the complexity of race concepts and essentialism and advance the psychological understanding of Black-White identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *BLACK people
*RACE
*PSYCHOLOGICAL research
*RACE identity
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10999809
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 161735995
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000490