Implicit bias passes from parents to preschoolers and via TV viewing
Evidence
Within the context of the CJS, in the words of scholar Khalil Gibran Muhammad, race is written into crime and crime is written into race (2010). Implicit racial bias is transmitted in subtle ways, including from parents to their preschool-aged children (Castelli, Zogmaister, & Tomelleri, 2009) and by watching popular television shows, many of which contain negative nonverbal behavior directed at Black characters, which has been shown to increase viewers’ bias even though viewers could not consciously detect it (Weisbuch, Pauker, & Ambady, 2009). — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 402 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Children’s apprenticeship-of-observation transmits teacher bias along with pedagogy; Implicit racial bias transmits through media and parenting without conscious awareness — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 402; Children infer prejudice from observed social regularities even without overt parental bias — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2016 (+11 more)
Broader Connections
- Implicit racial bias transmits through media and parenting without conscious awareness
#corroborates(0.95) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 402 - Prejudice does not track smoothly with age or parent attitudes
#complicates(0.88) - Parental attitudes poorly predict children’s prejudice levels
#complicates(0.85) - Implicit biases can be consciously overridden through deliberate attention
#complicates(0.80) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 1362 - Implicit stereotypes are controllable and shaped by context
#complicates(0.76) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 333 - Observational studies undercount children’s prejudice because attitudes need triggering situations.
#complicates(0.74) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1991