WWS 345 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Aversive Racism, Signify, Realistic Conflict Theory

• School: Princeton University
• Department: Woodrow Wilson School
• Course: WWS 345
• Professor: Stacey Sinclair

Document Summary

Dovidio, j. f. & gaertner, s. l. (2000). Aversive racism and selection decisions: 1989 and 1999. Contemporary forms of prejudice may be less conscious and more subtle than the overt, traditional form (gaertner & dovidio, 1986; sears, van laar, carillo, & Aversive racism (see gaertner & dovidio, 1986) is hypothesized to characterize the racial attitudes of many whites who endorse egalitarian values, who regard themselves as nonprejudiced, but who discriminate in subtle, rationalizable ways. According to the aversive-racism perspective, many people who explicitly support egalitarian principles and believe themselves to be nonprejudiced also unconsciously harbor negative feelings and beliefs about blacks and other historically disadvantaged groups. Two measures were taken from two comparable student samples 10 years apart. The other measure involved decisions in a simulated employment context. Participants asked to evaluate their groups: bad, average, and good candidates. Asked about explicit attitudes towards blacks through questions.