Insights from Social Psychology: Racial Norms, Stereotypes, and Discrimination

Stephanie Seguino

Chapter 12 in Handbook on Economics of Discrimination and Affirmative Action, 2023, pp 285-297 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Economists studying discrimination often assume rational conscious decision-making, ignoring the role of stereotypes – generalizations about groups – that can influence decision-making in ways that lead to racial inequality. Stereotype formation is not accidental but rather is shaped by a society’s prevailing stratification system. In stratified societies, negative stereotypes about subordinated groups are internalized within individuals in their daily actions and decision-making in the form of implicit or unconscious bias. This mechanism serves to reproduce and reinforce racial hierarchies, based on stereotype-induced discrimination and its intergenerational transmission of racial bias that leads to discrimination. This chapter explores these topics and applies them to our understanding of the sources of racial disparities in policing.

Keywords: Stereotypes; Implicit bias; Racial discrimination; Racial profiling; Stratification; Policing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-4166-5_47

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