PSYC12H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Aversive Racism, Demand Characteristics, Response Bias
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Stereotyping and prejudice went underground following the civil rights movement. Contemporary theories of prejudice: modern racism: a subtle form of prejudice that is only expressed when the individual believes it is safe, acceptable, or easily rationalizable. Modern racists don"t consider themselves to be racists, for two reasons: They regard racism as associated with pre-civil rights, old-fashioned racism, in which the racist shows open hatred and feelings of superiority. Their subtle negative feelings toward african americans are disguised, in order to prevent the dissonance associated with acknowledging the hypocrisy of prejudice and egalitarian values: symbolic racism: anti-african american prejudice originating out of the belief that african. Symbolic racists deny holding racist attitudes (and many believe that they aren"t prejudiced). In their view, a racist is one who exhibits old-fashioned racist beliefs of the inherent superiority of one race over another, as well as the negative affect toward a group based on such beliefs.
