This project examined the effects of threat perceptions and group empathy on racial outgroup attitudes. The relationship between threat perception and increased racial prejudice has been well established within the literature, but the effect of group empathy within this dynamic has been largely undocumented. The following study utilizes data from the American National Election Study 2020 Time Series to analyze racial outgroup attitudes among subsamples of Blacks (n = 726), Hispanics (n = 762), and Whites (n = 5,962). Along with threat perception, group empathy was found to be a salient predictor of outgroup attitudes. These results suggest that an effective technique to reduce negative outgroup attitudes would aim to reduce perceptions of outgroups as threatening and increase group empathy.

Master of Science / Department of Psychology / Donald A. Saucier / Research has demonstrated that negative perceptions of rape victims may vary based on characteristics such as the victims’ race (e.g., Estrich, 1987; Wyatt, 1992). This study examined rape from feminist (e.g., Collins, 1991; hooks, 2003) and Social Dominance Theory (SDT; e.g., Pratto, 1996; Sidanius, 1993) perspectives to assess the relationship between individuals’ social dominance orientation (SDO) and differences in their attitudes toward rape victims of differing races. After reading newspaper-style vignettes describing the rape of either a White or Black victim, participants (N = 83) completed measures assessing their levels of rape myth acceptance (RMA), gender role beliefs, SDO, racism, and social desirability. Results indicated that participants’ SDO scores significantly predicted their perceptions of the triviality of the rape. Specifically, when participants’ SDO scores were higher, they perceived the rape as less trivial for White victims. However, participants higher in SDO did not perceive the rape of Black victims as being either more or less trivial. Consistent with previous research, this study also found that negative attitudes toward women significantly predicted overall negative perceptions of both the Black and White rape victims (e.g., Hockett, Saucier, Hoffman, Smith, & Craig, in press) and that individuals perceived the Black rape victims as less credible than the White rape victims (Wyatt, 1992). These results contribute to our understanding of the relationships among individuals’ attitudes about power, race, and rape by offering support for feminist theories about the relationship between rape and power, as well as for SDT and feminist theories regarding the structure of dominance.

Entre 1945 e 1955, a socióloga, visitadora psiquiátrica e psicanalista negra Virgínia Leone Bicudo escreve dois trabalhos sobre relações raciais no Brasil: o primeiro é a tese Estudo de atitudes raciais de pretos e mulatos em São Paulo (1945), sua dissertação de mestrado concluída na Escola Livre de Sociologia e Política (ELSP). Nela, a autora discute a importância da formação de associações negras, como a Frente Negra Brasileira, na mobilização contra os obstáculos para ascensão social dos negros. O segundo trabalho, publicado em 1955, é Atitudes de Alunos de Grupos Escolares em Relação com a Cor dos seus Colegas, resultado das suas pesquisas durante a realização do Projeto Unesco-Anhembi em São Paulo. Ao trabalhar as dimensões subjetivas do preconceito, ela se aproxima dos discursos de intelectuais negros como Frantz Fanon e Guerreiro Ramos. Nosso objetivo é analisar como os estudos de atitudes impactaram as pesquisas sobre relações raciais no Brasil durante o período em que Virgínia escreveu os seus trabalhos, bem como pensar nos processos de legitimação do intelectual negro na universidade. / The black sociologist and psychoanalyst Virginia Leone Bicudo wrote two works on race relations in Brazil. The first was Study of racial attitudes of blacks and mulattos in São Paulo (1945), - her thesis at Escola Livre de Sociologia e Política (ELSP). The author analyses the brazilian black associations, such as the Frente Negra Brasileira. The second study, published in 1955, Attitudes of Students in School Groups in Relation to Color of their Colleagues, results of her research during the Sao Paulo UNESCO-Anhembi Project. Her research about the subjective dimensions of racial prejudice approaches her of the discourses of black intellectuals like Frantz Fanon and Guerreiro Ramos. Our thesis intend to know how the studies of attitudes impacted research on race relations in Brazil during the period in which Virginia wrote their works, as well as thinking about the processes of legitimation of black intellectuals in the university.

Utilizing survey data collected through the City Planning and Indigeneity on the Prairies (CPIP) Project in the summer of 2014 this thesis examines what, if any, affect contact between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people has on non-Aboriginal people’s racial attitudes. Two hypotheses are tested: contact with Aboriginal people reduces new and old-fashioned racism attitudes amongst non-Aboriginal people; and contact has greater effect on the racial attitudes of those with lower education levels than those with higher education levels. Key findings indicate that both hypotheses are in fact correct but each with its own caveats.

Entre 1945 e 1955, a socióloga, visitadora psiquiátrica e psicanalista negra Virgínia Leone Bicudo escreve dois trabalhos sobre relações raciais no Brasil: o primeiro é a tese Estudo de atitudes raciais de pretos e mulatos em São Paulo (1945), sua dissertação de mestrado concluída na Escola Livre de Sociologia e Política (ELSP). Nela, a autora discute a importância da formação de associações negras, como a Frente Negra Brasileira, na mobilização contra os obstáculos para ascensão social dos negros. O segundo trabalho, publicado em 1955, é Atitudes de Alunos de Grupos Escolares em Relação com a Cor dos seus Colegas, resultado das suas pesquisas durante a realização do Projeto Unesco-Anhembi em São Paulo. Ao trabalhar as dimensões subjetivas do preconceito, ela se aproxima dos discursos de intelectuais negros como Frantz Fanon e Guerreiro Ramos. Nosso objetivo é analisar como os estudos de atitudes impactaram as pesquisas sobre relações raciais no Brasil durante o período em que Virgínia escreveu os seus trabalhos, bem como pensar nos processos de legitimação do intelectual negro na universidade. / The black sociologist and psychoanalyst Virginia Leone Bicudo wrote two works on race relations in Brazil. The first was Study of racial attitudes of blacks and mulattos in São Paulo (1945), - her thesis at Escola Livre de Sociologia e Política (ELSP). The author analyses the brazilian black associations, such as the Frente Negra Brasileira. The second study, published in 1955, Attitudes of Students in School Groups in Relation to Color of their Colleagues, results of her research during the Sao Paulo UNESCO-Anhembi Project. Her research about the subjective dimensions of racial prejudice approaches her of the discourses of black intellectuals like Frantz Fanon and Guerreiro Ramos. Our thesis intend to know how the studies of attitudes impacted research on race relations in Brazil during the period in which Virginia wrote their works, as well as thinking about the processes of legitimation of black intellectuals in the university.

Extensive literature has documented The United Methodist Church’s’ (UMC) commitment to social justice. A current focus in the church is working with economically marginalized populations, including the 231,170 Black children and youth in Mississippi. To better understand adults that serve this population, I conducted an exploratory study to gather baseline data about UMC adults’ contemporary attitudes and beliefs about race, racism, and discrimination. A cross-sectional survey was administered at the 2017 Mississippi Annual Conference of The UMC. Using a critical race lens, I found that most of the attendees espoused moderate color-blind racial attitudes and beliefs about the frequency that low-income, Black youth experience racial discrimination. I suggest that espousal of these attitudes and beliefs may promote notions of white privilege or internalized oppression and may lead to increased acts of racial prejudice and discrimination when these adults interact with low-income, Black youth.

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The intention of this study is to contribute to research on Black women and to bring awareness to Black women's experiences, as they navigate social institutions. This study examines the perception of the intersectionality of race and gender impacts their awareness of police violence against Black women. Researchers measured respondent's perceptions/attitudes regarding intersectionality and their awareness of people who had been victimized by police violence. The quantitative study is comprised of statements regarding patriarchy and/or sexism and statements concerning racism and/or the lack thereof. The data analysis indicates that respondents' awareness and sensitivity to racism along with their perception of sexism and patriarchy is associated with their awareness of police victims. The researcher's findings found that the intersectionality of race and gender impacts their awareness of police violence against Black women.

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The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of 10 minutes of daily exposure for 10 weeks to a Chinese Music Curriculum and its effect on generating positive cultural attitudes towards the Chinese people, improving tonal discrimination skills, singing accuracy of tonal patterns, and accuracy of singing Chinese lyrics for third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade students, compared to a comparison group not receiving the Chinese Music Curriculum. In an elementary school in Miami-Dade County, Florida, 6 third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade classes were chosen and randomly assigned to either an intervention or a comparison group. A Chinese Music Curriculum was developed for the intervention group and implemented by classroom teachers. Meanwhile, the comparison group received normal academic instruction and a weekly music class by a music specialist. Pre- and post-tests were administered to both the intervention and comparison groups: (1) Children's Attitudes toward Chinese (CATC), (2) Intermediate Measures of Music Audiation-Tonal (IMMA, Gordon, 1982), and (3) Tonal Pattern Performance Measure (TPPM). The Chinese Song Performance Measure (CSPM) was administered to the intervention group only in order to measure students' abilities for accurately singing the Chinese lyrics of a simple Chinese song, "Little Rat." Data were subjected to a mixed Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) statistical analysis, item analysis, and Pearson Product-Moment correlation. The results demonstrated that the CATC survey was a reliable and valid measure to assess children's attitudes toward Chinese people. The overall effect of the Chinese Music Curriculum was significant in combination of the three outcome measures: CATC, IMMA, and TPPM. The follow-up individual examination revealed that children's attitudes toward Chinese people and tonal pattern singing accuracy were significantly improved, but tonal discrimination skills did not improve. Grade was found to influence children's singing accuracy of tonal patterns with fifth graders outperforming the third and fourth graders. All participants in the intervention group were able to sing a Chinese song with over 70% accuracy of the Chinese lyrics.