Above is a video about a study of policeman and how they may target black men more than white men. Dr. Anthony Greenwald (UW - Department of Psychology) explains how racial stereotypes can influence decision-making in police officers. Several virtual reality experiments were conducted containing simulated criminals (with guns), police officers (with guns), and citizens (holding harmless objects). The test takers were to respond appropriately to criminals (simulate shooting), fellow police officers (signal safety), or harmless citizens (no action). The results reveal that Blacks were shot incorrectly more than Whites. The study concludes that race can affect ones ability to discriminate between a harmless object and a weapon & that race can cause one to respond as if a weapon is present.
Above is a series of videos from a Stanford University Psychologist that addresses the Harvard University Law School where she describes several experiments that suggest White males & police officers subconsciously perceive Black Males as criminal and less than human. The results provide evidence of a strong automatic bidirectional association between Blacks & Crime. The image of a Black male can trigger unconscious thoughts of crime and thinking of crime can trigger unconscious thoughts of Black people. The simple presence of a Black Male may unknowingly cause thoughts of crime and violence attributed to that person.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QDbylpaguw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvIBIn5Xp7s
No comments:
Post a Comment