title: Do American Indian mascots = American Indian people? Examining implicit bias towards American Indian people and American Indian mascots.
abstract: Empirical examinations of American Indian (AI) mascots have only recently entered into the discourse of mainstream psychology. The present studies examined implicit attitudes of non-AI people towards AI mascots and the extent to which they are related to attitudes towards AI people. Significant concordance was observed between negative bias toward AI mascots and AI people. Negative AI mascot bias also predicted stereotype-consistent expectations of an AI person. The implications of these findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Oklahoma State University, Department of Psychology, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA. john.chaney@okstate.edu
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chaney
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Burkley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice; D011581:Psychological Tests; D044465:White People; D014936:Word Association Tests; D055815:Young Adult