Aversive Racism and Selection Decisions: 1989 and 1999
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- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Science
- Vol. 11 (4), 315-319
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9280.00262
Abstract
The present study investigated differences over a 10-year period in whites' self-reported racial prejudice and their bias in selection decisions involving black and white candidates for employment. We examined the hypothesis, derived from the aversive-racism framework, that although overt expressions of prejudice may decline significantly across time, subtle manifestations of bias may persist. Consistent with this hypothesis, self-reported prejudice was lower in 1998–1999 than it was in 1988–1989, and at both time periods, white participants did not discriminate against black relative to white candidates when the candidates' qualifications were clearly strong or weak, but they did discriminate when the appropriate decision was more ambiguous. Theoretical and practical implications are considered.Keywords
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