The role of status in the early emergence of pro-White bias in rural Uganda.
Dev Sci
; 25(4): e13240, 2022 07.
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| ID: mdl-35128782
ABSTRACT
Research investigating the early emergence of racial prejudice has been largely limited to contexts in which racial prejudice is most likely to emerge-multiracial societies that have pronounced racial inequality (e.g., United States, South Africa). The present study assessed whether pro-White racial bias is also early emerging in a homogenous Black community that has little exposure to modern media and where children presumably experience less overt discrimination than in past samples. Black African children (N = 214) between 5- and 12-years-old living in rural Uganda exhibited substantial pro-White racial bias, preferring White over Black children 78% of the time. Ugandan children also judged White children as higher status than Black children, and these status judgments predicted their degree of pro-White bias. Our results indicate that pro-White racial biases can emerge even in a homogenous Black community and that, in some contexts, minimal status cues can be sufficient for the early development of racial prejudice.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Racism
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
En
Year:
2022
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Article