Two axes of subordination

The study of racial prejudice in psychology developed primarily based on research studying African Americans and Whites. The recent precipitated growth of Latinos and Asian Americans in the United States underscores the need for a framework that integrates more groups.

The current work proposes that racial and ethnic minority groups are disadvantaged along two distinct dimensions of perceived inferiority and perceived cultural foreignness, such that the four largest groups in the United States are located in four discrete quadrants: Whites are perceived and treated as superior and American, African Americans as inferior and relatively American compared to Latinos and Asian Americans; Latinos as inferior and foreign; and Asian Americans as foreign and relatively superior compared to African Americans and Latinos. Four studies lend support for a two-dimensional model from targetsÂ’ and perceiversÂ’ perspectives. Implications of this Racial Position Model for contemporary racial dynamics in the U.S. will be discussed.

Room: 
5101
Event Type: 
Colloquium
Location: 
Tolman Hall
Date: 
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Time: 
12:10:00
Event Sponsor: 
Personality and Social Research, Institute of
Event Speakers: 
Sapna Cheryan