Study: You may be more racist than you think

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by epchick

We actually had a discussion about this in one of my classes last year. Someone mentioned that it is easier to use a white person and a black person in those studies because one will always be viewed as the "good" person while the other will be viewed as the "bad" person.

If you were to use a black & a Hispanic person, many people would view them as a "bad" person vs. a "bad" person.

If you were to use a white & an Asian person, people would view it as a "good" person vs. a "good" person.

I don't know how logical that is, but many people in the class agreed with this person's ideas.

That's extremely logical based on the stereotypes of Hispanics (those who aren't racially white) and blacks. Overwhelmingly poor, undereducated, underemployed, criminogenic and looking to blame "the man" and wait for a government handout.

Asians are generally considered a "model minority" who are stereotyped as being smart and to be able to match wits with whites (who are the power and numerical majority). Asians are also held as being able to teach blacks and Hispanics how to take advantage of the GLORIOUS educational, social, and economic/entrepreneural opportunities that this country offers.