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- Title
The Roles of Group Status and Group Membership in the Practice of Hypodescent.
- Authors
Roberts, Steven O.; Ho, Arnold K.; Gülgöz, Selin; Berka, Jacqueline; Gelman, Susan A.
- Abstract
Hypodescent emerged in U.S. history to reinforce racial hierarchy. Research suggests that among contemporary U.S. adults, hypodescent continues to shape social perception. Among U.S. children, however, hypodescent is less likely to be endorsed. Here, we tested for hypodescent by introducing U.S. children (ages 4-9) and adults (N = 273) to hierarchically ordered novel groups (one was high status and another was low status) and then to a child who had one parent from each group. In Study 1, we presented the groups in a third-party context. In Study 2, we randomly assigned participants to the high-status or the low-status group. Across both studies, participants did not reliably endorse hypodescent, raising questions as to what elicits this practice.
- Subjects
ONE-drop rule; RACE identity; SOCIAL perception; AMERICAN children; HIERARCHIES
- Publication
Child Development, 2020, Vol 91, Issue 3, pe721
- ISSN
0009-3920
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/cdev.13279