Posted on 11/27/2018 3:21:18 PM PST by TBP
White liberals behave with less competence around black people “in an effort to get along,” according to a new study by a Yale professor.
Yale Insights offered the following summary of the study by Cydney H. Dupree, assistant professor of organizational behavior at the Yale School of Management: “White Liberals Present Themselves as Less Competent in Interactions with African-Americans.”
It’s about language The study further suggests that white Americans who hold liberal socio-political views tend to use words that make them appear less competent when they’re around racial minorities — but no significant differences were seen in conservatives’ word selections, the outlet added.
“It was kind of an unpleasant surprise to see this subtle but persistent effect,” Dupree told Yale Insights. “Even if it’s ultimately well-intentioned, it could be seen as patronizing.”
What does the study say is behind this behavior? Dupree and her co-author, Susan Fiske of Princeton University, said this behavior is the result of liberals’ desire to connect with other races, the outlet noted.
The authors describe it as a “competence downshift” — which occurs regardless of race when people desire to appear likeable and friendly, Yale Insights noted. However, Dupree added to the outlet that it’s also possible that “this is happening because people are using common stereotypes in an effort to get along.”
More from Yale Insights:
Initial data from follow-up studies suggest that describing a black person as highly intelligent, thus reversing the stereotype, or as already highly motivated to get along with whites, thus removing the need to prove goodwill, can reduce the likelihood that a white person will downplay their competence in their interactions with the black person.
Now, Dupree is working to understand how these behaviors play out in real-world organizations: for example, whether medical professionals engage in this behavior when interacting with minority patients and how corporate executives present themselves to minority peers. She is also testing the efficacy of this possibly strategic behavior: for example, do black receivers of white liberals’ competence downshift see this behavior as demeaning or endearing?
“There’s a lot of research focused on biased individuals and how holding bias, especially implicit bias, can influence social interactions,” Dupree added to the outlet. “But that leaves a lot of people out. My hope is that this work will help include well-intentioned people who see themselves as allies but who may be unwittingly contributing to group divides. There is a broader need to include them in the conversation.”
The researchers also found that Democratic candidates used fewer competence-related words in speeches to audiences consisting mostly of minorities than in speeches to mostly white audiences, Yale Insights said.
My liberal friends, many of whom have never actually seen much less talked to a black person, would most assuredly be condescendingly over-nice to them.
It is exactly the same in my Upper South small town. I have never seen any racial animosity by anyone of either race to someone of the other. And I have never heard a local Black person spew pseudo-Marxist/postmodern nonsense.
Unfortunately, the fact remains that these "good people" are the ones who vote for the nihilists and keep them in power. They evidently feel no kinship with their "co-religionists" or have the slightest concern that their political friends ridicule religious beliefs most of them hold as well. They can't be so idiotic as to be unaware of abortion, homosexuality, etc. Yet to them it's always 1860. Does not compute.
Like the Russian Orthodox Church in Soviet Ukraine which Ukrainian Catholics were forced to join, the Black churches have profited by the persecution of their "co-religionists."
“Liberals believe they own blacks.” — Candace Owens
Seriously, this is how Leftists conflate conservatism, racism and intellect. There is no assumption of equality.
Ive seen it, they talk down to anyone they deem not on their level.
I'd consider it demeaning.
The only ones who would think it would be endearing are the liberals who are so full of themselves that theycan't see how other people function or react.
Liberals work from the presumption of stereotypes and work hard to convince everyone who not prejudiced they are.
Which really shows they are or they wouldn’t be trying so hard to prove something.
To us conservatives, we value the person who who they are, not what skin color they have.
My take on your comment is this;
Growing up poor and whit in the south myself, I know for a fact(at least in the area I grew up in) there are a lot more poor whites than the total number of blacks.
And despite the differences in race, we share a lot of the same culture.
Also, speaking from experience as relating to encounters with law enforcement, being white and “visibly” poor in the south gets you almost the same treatment.
Any white person who grew up poor in the south will more often than not will say the same.
Liberals have to relate to people as members of stereotypical “groups.” It’s because they cannot deal with people as unique individuals, nor do they think of them that way. Hillary is far and away the absolutely classic example of this.
Yep - conservatives treat people as equals until they prove otherwise...no matter the race, etc.,. On the other hand, Libs treat them like stupid pets who have no understanding of how nice the Libs are making it for them...
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