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Race and gender categorization: The special case of Black women
Sesko, Amanda K.
Sesko, Amanda K.
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The present study investigated categorization along race and gender lines, with a particular emphasis on how Black women are categorized by Whites. As an alternative to the double jeopardy hypothesis (Beale, 1970), I proposed an invisibility hypothesis, suggesting that Black women's non-prototypicality (with regard to both the race and gender categories) leads to their decreased visibility and increased involvement in categorization errors. Participants listened to a group discussion among 2 Black female, 2 White female, 2 Black male, and 2 White male targets. Categorization errors were assessed when participants had to recall "who said what" during the group discussion (Taylor et al., 1978). I predicted that participants would be most likely to incorrectly match statements said by Black women with other Black women, White women and men, and Black men. Across all targets (Black/White, female/male,) participants tended to use subtyping, categorizing by both race and gender. Supportive of the invisibility hypothesis, Black women were most implicated and confused with all other targets, specifically White men, such that they were the least likely to be given credit for statements they said than any other group.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Psychology, 2007.
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2007-05-31
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University of Kansas
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Social sciences, Psychology