Abstract

Can attitudes towards minorities, an important cultural trait, be changed? We show that the presence of African American soldiers in the UK during World War II reduced anti-minority prejudice, a result of the positive interactions which took place between soldiers and the local population. The change has been persistent: in locations in which more African American soldiers were posted there are fewer members of and voters for the UK’s leading far-right party, less implicit bias against blacks and fewer individuals professing racial prejudice, all measured around 2010. Our results point towards intergenerational transmission from parents to children as the most likely explanation.

中文翻译：

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令人震惊的种族态度：欧洲的黑人地理标志

摘要

对少数民族这一重要的文化特征的态度是否可以改变？我们表明，第二次世界大战期间非裔美国人士兵在英国的存在减少了对少数族裔的偏见，这是士兵与当地居民之间积极互动的结果。这一变化一直持续存在：在2010年前后，在更多的非洲裔美国士兵被派驻的地方，英国领先的极右翼政党的成员和选民减少了，对黑人的隐性偏见也减少了，对种族偏见的个人也有所减少。结果表明，从父母到孩子的代际传播是最可能的解释。