Admit It: You Think White People Look Most American

Who’s the most American? Psychological Studies show a Bias toward White English-Speakers

By Katherine Kinzler, University of Chicago (The Conversation) – In the U.S. and elsewhere, nationality tends to be defined by a set of legal parameters. This may involve birthplace, parental citizenship or procedures for naturalization. Yet in many Americans’ minds these objective notions of citizenship are a little fuzzy, as social and developmental psychologists like me have documented. Psychologically, some people may just seem a little more…

Admit it: you think white people look most American

Katherine Kinzler, Professor of Psychology, University of Chicago.In the U.S. and elsewhere, nationality tends to be defined by a set of legal parameters. This may involve birthplace, parental citizenship or procedures for naturalization.Yet in many Americans’ minds these objective notions of citize...

Not Everyone With U.S. Citizenship Is Actually An American

As we approach Independence Day, we should be honest about the forces that are dissolving our American nation.