Implicit Racial Attitudes and Inequality in Resources Allocation ()
ABSTRACT
Racism has been a long-standing problem for centuries, and when left
unchecked, it led to far-reaching adverse consequences on social inequality. To
investigate racial attitudes among Chinese adults and whether these attitudes
affect Chinese people’s economic decisions, we recruited a sample of 147
participants aged between 18 - 22 years old. We aimed that the racial bias among Chinese young adults
will be significant. The level of discrimination was measured through the
Implicit Association Test (IAT). The result indicates that Chinese young adults
display strong negative implicit racial bias against Black people. Critically,
we also found that Chinese adults are less likely to distribute resources to
Black people. This study is significant as it uses a few
valid methods to test Chinese young adults’ implicit attitudes toward Black
people.
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Lu, Y. (2021) Implicit Racial Attitudes and Inequality in Resources Allocation.
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
9, 94-101. doi:
10.4236/jss.2021.911008.
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