Biracial Stereotypes Explored

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison Skinner ◽  
Sylvia Perry ◽  
Sarah Gaither
Keyword(s):  
Social Groups ◽  
Parent Group ◽  
Lower Status ◽  
Parent Groups ◽  
Fitting In ◽  
The U.S

Stereotypes often guide our perceptions of members of social groups. However, research has yet to document what stereotypes may exist for the fastest growing youth demographic in the U.S.—biracial individuals. Across seven studies (N = 1,104) we investigate what stereotypes are attributed to various biracial groups, whether biracial individuals are stereotyped as more similar to their lower status monoracial parent group (trait hypodescent), and whether contact moderates these stereotypes. Results provide evidence of some universal biracial stereotypes that are applied to all biracial groups: attractive and not fitting in or belonging. We also find that all biracial groups are attributed a number of unique stereotypes (i.e., which are not associated with their monoracial parent groups). However, across all studies, we find little evidence of trait hypodescent and no evidence that the tendency to engage in trait hypodescent varies as a function of contact.

Not Quite Monoracial: Biracial Stereotypes Explored

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison L. Skinner ◽  
Sylvia P. Perry ◽  
Sarah Gaither
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
The United States ◽  
Parent Group ◽  
Lower Status ◽  
Parent Groups ◽  
Fitting In

Stereotypes often guide our perceptions of members of social groups. However, research has yet to document what stereotypes may exist for the fastest growing youth demographic in the United States—biracial individuals. Across seven studies ( N = 1,104), we investigate what stereotypes are attributed to various biracial groups, whether biracial individuals are stereotyped as more similar to their lower status monoracial parent group (trait hypodescent), and whether contact moderates these stereotypes. Results provide evidence of some universal biracial stereotypes that are applied to all biracial groups: attractive and not fitting in or belonging. We also find that all biracial groups are attributed a number of unique stereotypes (i.e., which are not associated with their monoracial parent groups). However, across all studies, we find little evidence of trait hypodescent and no evidence that the tendency to engage in trait hypodescent varies as a function of contact.

scholarly journals Linking Self and Society: Identity and the Immigrant Experience in Two Macro-Contexts

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ylva Svensson ◽  
Moin Syed
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
2Nd Generation ◽  
Identity Processes ◽  
Societal Norms ◽  
Group Belonging ◽  
Immigrant Experience ◽  
Societal Expectations ◽  
The U.S

The purpose of this study was to compare identity processes associated with the immigrant experience in two macro-contexts, the U.S and Sweden. Using a qualitative narrative approach, we explored how immigrant and non-immigrant youth negotiate their identities in the intersection between individual selves and society, by studying how they experience deviations from societal expectations and whether such deviations were associated with alternative group belonging. The sample consisted of 59 narratives written by 1st and 2nd generation immigrants and non-immigrants (age 16-25). Results indicated that the U.S. participants were more likely to define themselves using racial and multi-ethnic categories, whereas Swedish participants relied on national labels. Additionally, U.S. participants showed clear evidence of deviations from societal norms, but also found belonging in social groups from those deviations. Swedish participants showed some deviations, but little evidence of group belonging. The findings highlight the contextual nature of identity development within an immigrant context.

Green spaces and heterogeneous social groups in the U.S.

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 126637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeong Joo Ahn ◽  
Yushim Kim ◽  
Joanna Lucio ◽  
Elizabeth A. Corley ◽  
Margaretha Bentley
Keyword(s):  
Social Groups ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals The Global Economic Crisis and its Effects in Romania

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. 286-292
Author(s):  
Alexandru Trifu
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Euro Area ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Deficit Reduction ◽  
Global Economic Crisis ◽  
The U.S

The crises represent malfunctions that may occur within every domain of the human activity. That is why the causes, their way of emergence and their consequences are studied. The crisis is analyzed by economists considering specific criteria, these offering it the characteristics of a phenomenon with poisonously consequences for the affected organizations, institutions and social groups: inflation, unemployment, stagnation, recession etc. The evolution of the financial crisis will lead economies into a deflationary spiral in the next year or even a longer lasting, as deficit reduction efforts will take large, and probably we shall assist an output of some euro area of weaker states. World economies are hit by this crisis to various extents, depending on the vulnerabilities of each and their exposure to toxic assets. The response to the crisis is contingent upon the fundamental principles we believe in, the available resources, the institutions and the instruments we can make use of. In Romania, the response to the adverse effects of the crisis cannot be similar to that made by some European countries or the U.S. There are several differences between the Romanian economy and these economies, which do not allow copying the package of measures developed there.

The Koch Network and Republican Party Extremism

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 681-699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theda Skocpol ◽  
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez
Keyword(s):  
Republican Party ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Short Term ◽  
White House ◽  
Partisan Polarization ◽  
Ongoing Effort ◽  
Democratic Parties ◽  
Policy Agendas ◽  
The Right ◽  
The U.S

Presidential election years attract attention to the rhetoric, personalities, and agendas of contending White House aspirants, but these headlines do not reflect the ongoing political shifts that will confront whoever moves into the White House in 2017. Earthquakes and erosions have remade the U.S. political terrain, reconfiguring the ground on which politicians and social groups must maneuver, and it is important to make sure that narrow and short-term analyses do not blind us to this shifting terrain. We draw from research on changes since 2000 in the organizational universes surrounding the Republican and Democratic parties to highlight a major emergent force in U.S. politics: the recently expanded “Koch network” that coordinates big money funders, idea producers, issue advocates, and innovative constituency-building efforts in an ongoing effort to pull the Republican Party and agendas of U.S. politics sharply to the right. We review the major components and evolution of the Koch network and explore how it has reshaped American politics and policy agendas, focusing especially on implications for right-tilted partisan polarization and rising economic inequality.

scholarly journals Jurors' Subjective Experiences of Deliberations in Criminal Cases

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (04) ◽  
pp. 1458-1490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alix S. Winter ◽  
Matthew Clair
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Subjective Experiences ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Or Education ◽  
Status Characteristics Theory ◽  
Jury Deliberations ◽  
Status Characteristics ◽  
Lower Status

Research on jury deliberations has largely focused on the implications of deliberations for criminal defendants' outcomes. In contrast, this article considers jurors' outcomes by integrating subjective experience into the study of deliberations. We examine whether jurors' feelings that they had enough time to express themselves vary by jurors' gender, race, or education. Drawing on status characteristics theory and a survey of more than 3,000 real-world jurors, we find that the majority of jurors feel that they had enough time to express themselves. However, blacks and Hispanics, and especially blacks and Hispanics with less education, are less likely to feel so. Jurors' verdict preferences do not account for these findings. Our findings have implications for status characteristics theory and for legal cynicism among members of lower-status social groups.

Real-World Cluelessness

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Suk-Young Chwe
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Real World ◽  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
Literal Meaning ◽  
The Real ◽  
Bargaining Position ◽  
Lower Status ◽  
Hierarchical Organizations ◽  
The U.S

This chapter shows how cluelessness operates in the real world and offers five explanations for cluelessness. First, cluelessness can be considered as just another kind of mental laziness. Second, to enter into another's mind, one must imagine physically entering his body, and a higher-status person finds entering a lower-status person's body repulsive. Third, clueless people rely upon and invest more in social status because it provides literal meaning in complicated situations; people not naturally talented in strategic thinking gravitate toward status-mediated interactions, such as those within hierarchical organizations, because they need the explicit structure that status provides. Fourth, cluelessness can improve one's bargaining position and fifth, entering another's mind may inevitably lead toward empathy. To illustrate the relevance of cluelessness in the real world, the chapter applies these explanations to the U.S. attack on Fallujah in 2004.

Europe from the Bottom: Assessing Personal Gains and Losses and its Effects on EU Support

2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEFFEN MAU
Keyword(s):  
Social Groups ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Lower Status ◽  
Gains And Losses ◽  
People’S Perceptions ◽  
Eu Support ◽  
The Eu

Numerous authors have highlighted utilitarian considerations as sources of public support for the European Union, suggesting that support results primarily from cost-benefit calculations of the gains and losses associated with integration. Benefits accrue, not only to different member states, but also to individuals. Within this discussion it is often suggested that the gains and losses are unevenly distributed across social groups, with the higher status groups being privileged and the lower status groups disadvantaged. This paper challenges arguments that assume a clear division between lower social strata and higher social strata in terms of winning and losing in Europeanization; it looks more closely at how Europeans rate the integration process as it affects them personally, and how this influences their support for integration. The results show that socio-economic characteristics cannot fully explain people's perceptions of being winners or losers, and a large proportion of EU citizens do not consider themselves either winners or losers. The paper also demonstrates that the winner/loser self-characterization is indeed a major determinant of support for the EU, but that it only partly coincides with people's socio-economic position.

What Is Cultural Fit?

2019 ◽  
pp. 304-322
Author(s):  
Sanaz Mobasseri ◽  
Amir Goldberg ◽  
Sameer B. Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Approaches To Studying ◽  
Cultural Fit ◽  
Fitting In ◽  
Over Time

How people fit into social groups is a core topic of investigation across multiple sociological subfields, including education, immigration, and organizations. In this chapter, we synthesize findings from these literatures to develop an overarching framework for conceptualizing and measuring the level of cultural fit and the dynamics of enculturation between individuals and social groups. We distinguish between the cognitive and behavioral dimensions of fitting in, which previous work has tended to either examine in isolation or to conflate. Reviewing the literature through this lens enables us to identify the strengths and limitations of unitary—that is, primarily cognitive or primarily behavioral—approaches to studying cultural fit. In contrast, we develop a theoretical framework that integrates the two perspectives and highlights the value of considering their interplay over time. We then identify promising theoretical pathways that can link the two dimensions of cultural fit. We conclude by discussing the implications of pursuing these conceptual routes for research methods and provide some illustrative examples of such work.

Disaggregating the Space–Time Layers of City-Centre Activities and Their Users

2003 ◽  
Vol 35 (10) ◽  
pp. 1831-1851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosemary D F Bromley ◽  
Andrew R Tallon ◽  
Colin J Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Social Groups ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Intermediate Position ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Lower Intensity ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Geographical Research ◽  
Social Segregation ◽  
Lower Status ◽  
The City

Adopting a focus on both time and space, the authors aim to unpack the complexity of uses and users in the city centre. Evidence from Swansea reveals a stark twofold temporal division between a frequently visited daytime city and a much less frequently visited evening and nighttime city. Furthermore, lower intensity evening activities such as theatres and cinemas are distinguished from the higher intensity nighttime activities of pubs and clubs, with restaurants and cafés occupying an intermediate position. The evening clientele visit less frequently and are disproportionately drawn from the older and higher status social groups, whereas later at night, pubs and clubs are visited more frequently, and by imbalances of the young, lower status groups, and students. The city centre is seen as an area of spatial, temporal, and social segregation, with implications for policies that aim towards a more inclusive and safer 24-hour city. The conclusions emphasise the importance of time in urban geographical research and in policies for city-centre revitalisation.

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