The present research examines
whether people use racial contact to signal positive and negative social
attributes.
In two experiments, participants were instructed to fake good
(trustworthy/competent) or fake bad (untrustworthy/incompetent) when reporting
their amount of contact with a range of different racial groups. In Experiment
1 (N = 364), participants faking good reported
significantly more contact with White Americans than with non-White Americans,
whereas participants faking bad did not. In Experiment 2 (N= 1,056), this pattern was replicated and was found to be
particularly pronounced among those with stronger pro-White bias.
These
findings suggest that individuals may use racial contact as a social signal,
effectively “whitewashing” their apparent contact and friendships when trying
to present positively.
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By:
Stephen La Macchia, School of Psychology, The University of
Queensland, Brisbane, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia. Email: s.lamacchia@uq.edu.au
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