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Racial Stereotypes and Memory
種族刻板印象和記憶
Although there has been much debate about whether race has a biological or social basis, the bottom line is that race is a psychological reality for many people. That is, many folks assign other individuals to racial categories based on their appearance, and then make assumptions about them.
雖然對于種族歧視究竟是生物學因素還是社會基礎導致還存在很多爭議，但歸根結底，對很多人來說這是一種心理現象的現實反應——也就是說，許多人根據外表將他人劃分為不同的種族，然后對他們產生錯誤偏見。
But racial stereotyping goes beyond classifying people into groups. When a group is assigned a negative stereotype, individuals that exhibit more of the physical characteristics identified with that group suffer more discrimination.
但種族刻板印象不僅僅是將人劃分為不同群體。當一個群體被賦予了消極的刻板印象時，那些表現出更多與該群體相同的身體特征的人會遭受更多的歧視。
For example, in a recent study, participants were asked to read one of four news articles about a hypothetical African American man. The first story was about a professor receiving an award. The second was about an athlete, a role stereotypically linked to African Americans. The third was about a white-collar criminal and the fourth about a violent criminal. No matter which story they read, all participants saw the same photo of the man.
例如，在最近的一項研究中，參與者被要求閱讀四篇關于一個假想的非裔美國人的新聞文章中的一篇。第一篇是關于一位教授獲獎的事件。第二篇是關于一個運動員的新聞，一個典型的非裔美國人角色。第三篇關于白領罪犯，第四篇是關于暴力罪犯。不管他們選擇的是哪一篇，新聞配圖都是同一個人的照片。
譯文來自可可英語
