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The Misperception of Racial Economic Inequality.
Perspectives on Psychological Science ( IF 12.6 ) Pub Date : 2019-09-10 , DOI: 10.1177/1745691619863049
Michael W Kraus 1 , Ivuoma N Onyeador 2 , Natalie M Daumeyer 2 , Julian M Rucker 2 , Jennifer A Richeson 2, 3
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Racial economic inequality is a foundational feature of the United States, yet many Americans appear oblivious to it. In the present work we consider the psychology underlying this collective willful ignorance. Drawing on prior research and new evidence from a nationally representative sample of adults (N = 1,008), we offer compelling evidence that Americans vastly underestimate racial economic inequality, especially the racial wealth gap. In particular, respondents thought that the Black-White wealth gap was smaller, by around 40 percentage points in 1963 and around 80 percentage points in 2016, than its actual size. We then consider the motivational, cognitive, and structural factors that are likely to contribute to these misperceptions and suggest directions for future research to test these ideas. Importantly, we highlight the implications of our collective ignorance of racial economic inequality and the challenge of creating greater accuracy in perceptions of these racial economic disparities, as well as outline the steps policymakers might take to create messages on this topic that effectively promote equity-enhancing policies. We close with an appeal to psychological science to at least consider, if not center, the racial patterning of these profound economic gaps.

中文翻译:

对种族经济不平等的误解。

种族经济不平等是美国的基本特征,但许多美国人似乎没有意识到这一点。在当前的工作中,我们考虑这种集体故意的无知所基于的心理学。根据先前的研究和全国有代表性的成年人样本(N = 1,008)的新证据,我们提供了令人信服的证据,表明美国人大大低估了种族经济不平等,尤其是种族贫富差距。尤其是,受访者认为,黑白贫富差距比实际大小要小,分别在1963年和2016年约40个百分点和2016年约80个百分点。然后,我们考虑可能导致这些误解的动机,认知和结构性因素,并为未来研究以验证这些想法提出建议。重要的,我们着重指出了我们对种族经济不平等的集体无知所带来的影响,以及对这些种族经济不平等的认识要提高准确性的挑战,并概述了政策制定者可能采取的步骤,以就该主题发表信息,有效地促进平等政策。最后,我们呼吁心理学,至少要考虑甚至不关注这些深刻的经济差距的种族格局。
更新日期:2019-09-10
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