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Publication Date: 2019-Jun
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Race Attitudes in Cultural Context: The View from Two Brazilian States
Sacco, Airi Macias; de Paula Couto, Maria Clara Pinheiro; Dunham, Yarrow; Santana, Juliana Prates; Nunes, Luciana Neves; Koller, Sílvia Helena
Developmental Psychology, v55 n6 p1299-1312 Jun 2019
The development of implicit and explicit racial attitudes were investigated in 542 White, Pardo, and Black Brazilian children and adolescents (aged 6 to 14) from 2 different regional contexts that vary dramatically in their racial diversity, Bahia (BA) and Rio Grande do Sul (RS). Results revealed the pervasive presence of race biases favoring higher status groups across multiple measures of implicit and explicit attitude. Contextual differences were also apparent, particularly in measures of group identification: Children from the more diverse context (BA), including Black children, identified themselves more strongly with lighter skin tones, particularly with Whites. Implicit attitudes were stable with age, whereas explicit attitudes generally showed less bias as a function of age. Implicit and explicit racial preference were related in younger but not older children, providing evidence of increasing divergence across early development. Differences between our findings and those reported from other regions underscores the need for greater diversity in our research efforts.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Racial Attitudes, Cultural Influences, Whites, Blacks, Children, Adolescents, Geographic Regions, Social Status, Age Differences, Social Attitudes, Multiracial Persons, Ethnicity, Racial Bias, Social Bias
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