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Levine, Sheen S., Reypens, Charlotte and Stark, David (2021) Racial attention deficit. Science Advances, 7 (38). eabg9508. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abg9508 ISSN 2375-2548.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abg9508
Abstract
Despite efforts toward equity in organizations and institutions, minority members report that they are often ignored, their contributions undervalued. Against this backdrop, we conduct a large-sample, multiyear experimental study to investigate patterns of attention. The findings provide causal evidence of a racial attention deficit: Even when in their best interest, White Americans pay less attention to Black peers. In a baseline study, we assign an incentivized puzzle to participants and examine their willingness to follow the example of their White and Black peers. White participants presume that Black peers are less competent—and fail to learn from their choices. We then test two interventions: Providing information about past accomplishments reduces the disparity in evaluations of Black peers, but the racial attention deficit persists. When Whites can witness the accomplishments of Black peers, rather than being told about them, the racial attention deficit subsides. We suggest that such a deficit can explain racial gaps documented in science, education, health, and law.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HF Commerce | ||||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies | ||||||||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Racism in the workplace -- United States | ||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Science Advances | ||||||||||||
Publisher: | American Association for the Advancement of Science | ||||||||||||
ISSN: | 2375-2548 | ||||||||||||
Official Date: | 17 September 2021 | ||||||||||||
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Volume: | 7 | ||||||||||||
Number: | 38 | ||||||||||||
Article Number: | eabg9508 | ||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1126/sciadv.abg9508 | ||||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 October 2021 | ||||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 4 October 2021 | ||||||||||||
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