Who's the Most American? Too Often, Biases Say It's White English Speakers.

Who's the Most American? Too Often, Biases Say It's White English Speakers.

Many people who explicitly endorse egalitarian ideals, such as the notion that all Americans are deserving of the rights of citizenship regardless of race, still implicitly harbor prejudices over who’s “really” American. White and Asian participants in a study responded most quickly in matching the white faces with “American,” even when they initially expressed egalitarian values. Black Americans implicitly saw Black and white faces as equally A…

Who's the most American? Psychological studies show that many people ...