title: The black-white malleability gap in implicit racial evaluations: a nationally representative study.
abstract: This study replicates and extends the experimental design originated by Dasgupta and Greenwald (2001), who found a decrease in implicit pro-White biases after exposure to pictures of admired Black individuals. A nationally representative sample was analyzed comparing implicit pro-White biases among Black and White participants. Hypothesis 1 (H1) predicted a replication of previous research among White participants, and H2, derived from the balanced identity theory, predicted an increased pro-Black bias among Blacks after exposure to admired Black individuals. Results provided partial support for H1 and a lack of support for H2. This is the first study to use a nationally representative sample to examine implicit pro-White biases. System justification theory was used to explain the malleability gap in Black and White pro-racial biases.
authors.affiliation: a The University of Illinois at Chicago.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pinkston
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude / Q000208:ethnology*; D044383:Black People / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000208:ethnology*; D012933:Social Identification; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology; D044465:White People / Q000208:ethnology; D001741:Black or African American
keywords: Black identity; IAT; balanced identity theory; implicit attitudes; race; system justification theory