Does racial diversity affect White children’s racial bias and reasoning? Depends on where they live and how their social world is structured.
Nicole Burke,
Michael T. Rizzo,
Tobias C. Britton
et al.
Abstract:By 4 years of age, White children from across the United States begin to exhibit an awareness of racial inequalities, along with in-group preferences for other White children. The present study explored how the size and racial diversity of White children's social network (e.g., friends, family, and classmates) and neighborhood (zip code) are related to variation in their explanations for racial disparities and anti-Black bias among a sample of 395 White children (ages = 4-11 years old; M age = 6.6 years) from … Show more
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