Detecting racial identification: The role of phenotypic prototypicality

Wilkins, Clara L.; Kaiser, Cheryl R.; Rieck, Heather

doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2010.05.017

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“…Research shows that one of the strongest predictors of seeking out or positively anticipating a cross-race social interaction is having had such interactions in the past that have gone well (Levin, van Laar, & Sidanius, 2003;Page-Gould, Mendoza-Denton, Alegre, & Siy, 2010;Page-Gould, Mendoza-Denton, & Tropp, 2008;Wout, Murphy, & Steele, 2010). Yet in general, people tend to avoid interracial interactions, in part due to false assumptions that outgroup members are uninterested in friendship with them Wilkins, et al, 2010;Williams & Eberhardt, 2008). Combined with the present results, these findings suggest a lamentable, selfperpetuating cycle based on pluralistic ignorance -exacerbated by the perception of stereotypical physical appearance -such that individuals from different racial groups assume a desire for racial homophily in the other and thus reinforce such homophily via mutual passive disregard.…”

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“…Confirmation of this causal path renders it unlikely that personal choice fully accounts for the results of the other two studies. Further, recent work demonstrates that although more-stereotypical minorities do identify with their ingroup more strongly than do less-stereotypical minorities, this tendency is minimally related or unrelated to the desire for interaction with outgroup members (Wilkins, Kaiser, & Rieck, 2010). In other words, majority group members appear to assume -incorrectly -that more-stereotypical minorities are less interested in friendship with them.…”

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Selectively friending: Racial stereotypicality and social rejection

Hebl

Williams

Sundermann

et al. 2012

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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Selectively friending: Racial stereotypicality and social rejection

Hebl

Williams

Sundermann

et al. 2012

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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“…We adapted two items from Wilkins, Kaiser, and Rieck (2010) to measure participants' impressions of targets' PP: "How stereotypically Asian does this person look?" and "How similar to other Asians does this person look?"…”

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Racial stereotypes and interracial attraction: Phenotypic prototypicality and perceived attractiveness of Asians.

Wilkins

Chan

Kaiser

2011

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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What does it take to find a member of a different race attractive? In this research, we suggest that for Whites, attraction to Asians may be based, in part, on stereotypes and variations in Asians' racial appearance. Study 1 reveals that Asians are stereotyped as being more feminine and less masculine than other racial groups-characteristics considered appealing for women but not for men to possess. Study 2 examines how variation in racial appearance, phenotypic prototypicality (PP), shapes the degree to which Asians are gender stereotyped and how PP relates to perceptions of attractiveness. Higher PP Asian men are perceived as being less masculine and less physically attractive than lower PP Asian men. These findings inform theory on how within-group variation in racial appearance affects stereotyping and other social outcomes.

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“…Personal skin shade, facial features, and having a close phenotypic approximation to one's racial group are considered relevant indicators of phenotypic prototypicality (Wilkins et al 2010). Previous research among African Americans indicates that phenotypic prototypicality influences the way in which individuals self-identify.…”

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The Revised Multidimensional Model of Māori Identity and Cultural Engagement (MMM-ICE2)

Houkamau

Sibley

2014

Soc Indic Res

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We update and validate the revised Multidimensional Model of Māori Identity and Cultural Engagement (MMM-ICE2) by including a seventh Perceived Appearance subscale. The MMM-ICE2 is designed to assess the subjective experiences, efficacy and evaluation of different facets of identity for Māori (the indigenous peoples of New Zealand). Confirmatory Factor Analysis of an online Māori community sample (N = 276) supported the revised seven-factor model assessing Group Membership Evaluation, Cultural Efficacy and Active Identity Engagement, Interdependent Self-Concept, Spirituality, Socio-Political Consciousness, Authenticity Beliefs, and the new Perceived Appearance subscale. The Perceived Appearance subscale was internally reliable and predicted unique variation in perceived discrimination and mixed ethnic affiliation as both Māori and European when adjusting for the other MMM-ICE2 subscale scores. The MMM-ICE2 is a public domain, quantitative self-report measure for use in statistical models to predict and understand the outcomes and protective function of different aspects of identity for Māori.

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Detecting racial identification: The role of phenotypic prototypicality

Cited by 46 publications

References 30 publications

Selectively friending: Racial stereotypicality and social rejection

Selectively friending: Racial stereotypicality and social rejection

Racial stereotypes and interracial attraction: Phenotypic prototypicality and perceived attractiveness of Asians.

The Revised Multidimensional Model of Māori Identity and Cultural Engagement (MMM-ICE2)

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