Seeing Blue in Black and White: Race and Perceptions of Officer-Involved Shootings
Seeing Blue in Black and White: Race and Perceptions of Officer-Involved Shootings
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黑白中见蓝色:种族和对军官枪击事件的看法
DOI:
10.1017/s1537592720003618
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Josh Pasek
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文献类型:
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作者:
Hakeem Jefferson;F. Neuner;Josh Pasek
Following racially charged events, individuals often diverge in perceptions of what happened and how justice should be served. Examining data gathered shortly after the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri alongside reactions to a novel officer-involved shooting, we unpack the processes by which racial divisions emerge. Even in a controlled information environment, white Americans preferred information that supported claims of a justified shooting. Conversely, Black Americans preferred information that implied that the officer behaved inappropriately. These differences stemmed from two distinct processes: we find some evidence for a form of race-based motivated reasoning and strong evidence for belief updating based on racially distinct priors. Differences in summary judgments were larger when individuals identified strongly with their racial group or when expectations about the typical behaviors of Black Americans and police diverged. The findings elucidate processes whereby individuals in different social groups come to accept differing narratives about contentious events.
影响因子:
7.6
作者:
STEELE, CM;ARONSON, J
通讯作者:
ARONSON, J