Scientific supremacy: How do genetic narratives relate to racism?
Politics Life Sci
; 43(1): 99-131, 2024.
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ABSTRACT
Recent research suggests that contemporary American society is marked by heightened hostile racial rhetoric, alongside increasing salience of White nationalists who justify an ideology of racial hierarchy with claims of biological superiority. Media coverage of such genetics research has often emphasized a deterministic (or causal) narrative by suggesting that specific genes directly increase negative outcomes and highlighting reported genetic differences between racial groups. Across two experimental studies, we examine the effect of the media's portrayal of scientific findings linking genes with negative health and behavioral outcomes on measures of racism. We find that deterministic genetic attributions for health and behavioral outcomes can lead to more negative racial out-group attitudes. Importantly, we also investigate potential interventions in the presentation of genetic science research. Our research has implications for understanding racial attitudes and racialized ideology in contemporary American politics, as well as for framing scientific communication in intergroup contexts.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Racismo
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Politics Life Sci
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIA
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ETICA
Año:
2024
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Article