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Support for harmful treatment and reduction of empathy toward blacks: “Remnants” of stereotype activation involving Hurricane Katrina and “Lil’ Kim” |
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| Authors: | James D. Johnson Brad J. Bushman John F. Dovidio |
| Affiliation: | a Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403, USA b Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 426 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA c Department of Communication Science, VU University Amsterdam, Metropolitan Building, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands d Department of Psychology, Yale University, 2 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520-8205 USA |
| Abstract: | Two experiments involving White participants tested the influence of media-based Black stereotypes on subsequent responses to Black and White persons-in-need. Experiment 1 showed that priming the “Black criminal” stereotype through exposure to photographs of Blacks looting after Hurricane Katrina produced greater application of the criminal stereotype and support for harmful treatment toward Black evacuees-in-need (i.e., police firing gun shots directly over evacuees’ heads) relative to control conditions. Experiment 2 showed that priming the “promiscuous Black female” stereotype through exposure to sexual rap music elicited greater application of the promiscuity stereotype and reduced empathy for a Black pregnant woman-in-need relative to control conditions. The influence of priming Black stereotypes through media exposure on support for harmful treatment and empathic responses was mediated by stereotypical attributions. |
| Keywords: | Intergroup conflict Prejudice Stereotypes Discrimination Empathy |
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