Confrontation May Reduce White Prejudices
Social Psychological and Personality Science, show that when white men and women were confronted after expressing a bias about African Americans, Latinos or women, they sought to identify and regulate their own biases regarding multiple groups of people.“Many people are reluctant to confront instances of bias because they worry about backlash from others,” said Kimberly Chaney, a doctoral graduate student in social psychology at Rutgers University-New Brunswick’s School of Arts and Sciences.“But we found that confronting prejudice can be a powerful way to reduce not just one but multiple types of prejudice.
We all have the ability to make a change and sometimes speaking out against small instances of bias may make a big change.”In the first.
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