SBP: CAREER: Inferior and foreign racial stereotypes give rise to exploitative and exclusionary discrimination

SBP：职业：劣等和外国种族刻板印象导致剥削和排他性歧视

• 批准号: 2140987
• 负责人: Linda Zou
• 金额: $ 58.11万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-01 至 2027-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2140987&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBP; CAREER; Inferior; foreign; racial

Many racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. experience discrimination. However, groups confront different types of discrimination, which creates a problem that may not have merely one solution. Some discriminatory actions and practices involve taking advantage of racial and ethnic groups in ways that benefit some Americans and keep relative group status and economic positions stratified (i.e., exploitation). Other discriminatory actions and practices involve preserving traditional notions of what it means to be American and denying racial and ethnic groups their own American national identity (i.e., exclusion). The current project examines when and why these different forms of racial and ethnic discrimination are likely to occur, as well as the self-reinforcing nature of discrimination. The broad aim of this research is to provide important insights into the complex nature of racial and ethnic discrimination. Seven studies employ survey and experimental methods to investigate the cognitive, motivational, and social factors that lead to the exploitation and exclusion of racial and ethnic groups. First, this research tests specific predictions of the racial and ethnic stereotypes that tend to cause unique forms of discrimination. Perceiving a group as low status likely gives rise to exploitation, whereas perceiving a group as culturally foreign gives rise to exclusion. Second, this research examines the individual differences and social contexts that motivate some Americans to maintain socioeconomic differences between groups and preserve dominant cultural values and practices. Third, this research explores how exposure to existing patterns of exploitation and exclusion reinforce stereotypes about group status and cultural foreignness; those stereotypes, in turn, reproduce the same patterns of discrimination. This project advances an understanding of the psychological mechanisms of racial discrimination, provides mentorship opportunities to young researchers of color, and develops educational activities that foster awareness of racism. The project will contribute to precise and group-specific efforts that can reduce discrimination.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

美国的许多种族和族裔群体都遭受歧视。然而，不同群体面临着不同类型的歧视，这造成了一个可能无法只有一种解决办法的问题。一些歧视性行为和做法涉及利用种族和民族群体，使某些美国人受益并保持相对群体地位和经济地位分层（即剥削）。其他歧视性行为和做法包括保留作为美国人意味着什么的传统观念，并否认种族和族裔群体拥有自己的美国国家身份（即排斥）。当前的项目研究了这些不同形式的种族和民族歧视何时以及为何可能发生，以及歧视的自我强化性质。这项研究的总体目标是为种族和民族歧视的复杂性质提供重要见解。七项研究采用调查和实验方法来调查导致种族和族裔群体受到剥削和排斥的认知、动机和社会因素。首先，这项研究测试了对种族和民族刻板印象的具体预测，这些刻板印象往往会导致独特形式的歧视。认为一个群体地位低下可能会导致剥削，而认为一个群体在文化上是陌生的则可能会导致排斥。其次，这项研究探讨了个体差异和社会背景，这些差异和社会背景促使一些美国人维持群体之间的社会经济差异并保留主导文化价值观和实践。第三，本研究探讨了现有的剥削和排斥模式如何强化对群体地位和文化异质性的刻板印象；这些陈规定型观念反过来又再现了同样的歧视模式。该项目增进了对种族歧视心理机制的理解，为年轻的有色人种研究人员提供了指导机会，并开展了培养种族主义意识的教育活动。该项目将有助于减少歧视的精确和针对特定群体的努力。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Positioning Asian Americans in social cognition

亚裔美国人的社会认知定位

• DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12760
• 发表时间: 2023-06
• 期刊: Social and Personality Psychology Compass
• 影响因子: 4.6
• 作者: Goh, Jin X.;Lei, Ryan F.;Zou, Linda X.
• 通讯作者: Zou, Linda X.