Faces of black children as young as 5 evoke negative biases

Monday, February 8, 2016 - 08:13 in Psychology & Sociology

A new study suggests that people are more likely to misidentify a toy as a weapon after seeing a Black face than a White face, even when the face in question is that of a five-year-old child. The research is published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. “Our findings suggest […]

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