Negative stereotypes can cancel each other out on resumes
Friday, May 16, 2014 - 10:31
in Psychology & Sociology
Stereotypes of gay men as effeminate and weak and black men as threatening and aggressive can hurt members of those groups when white people evaluate them in employment, education, criminal justice and other contexts. But the negative attributes of the two stereotypes can cancel one another out for gay black men in the employment context, according to research.