Can - Or Should - America Be Color-Blind?

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'Setting up a color-blind society is akin to eliminating weight classifications in boxing.'
-Rep. Donald M. Payne

Research conducted all over the world in the laboratory, school, and workplace by psychologists and professionals from other disciplines shows that intergroup cooperation is one proven way to reduce prejudice without denying the importance uniqeness appears to be a more equitable way to achieve social justice than attempting to adopt a color-blind stance.

The following list of publications offers more information.

References

Arroyo, C. & Zigler, E. (1995) Racial identity, academic achievement, and the psychological well being of ecomonically disadvantaged adoescents. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 69, 903-914.

Barg, J.A., Chen, M. and Burrows, L. (1996) Automaticity of social behavior: Direct effects of trait construct and stereotype activision on action. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71, 230-244.

Fazio, R.H., Jackson, J.J, Duncan. B.B. & Williams. C.J. (1995) Variability in automatic activision as an unobtrusive measure of racial attitudes bona fide pipeline? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 69, 1013-1027.

Henderson N.D. (1979) Criterion-related validity of personality and aptitude scale: A comparision of validation results under voluntary and test conditions. In C. Spielberger (ed.) Police selection and evaluation: Issues and techniques (pp. 179-195). Westport. CT: Greenwood Publishers Group.

Jones, J.M. (1997) Prejudice and racism. Second edition. McGraw-Hill Publishers.

Steele, C.M. & Aronson, J. (1995) Stereotype threat and the intellectual test performance of

African Americans. Journal of Personaility and Social Psychology, 69, 797-811.

Steele, C.M. (1997). A threat in the air. American Psychologist, 52, 613-619.

Word, C.O., Zanna, M.P. & Cooper, J. (1974). The nonverbal mediation of self-fulfilling prophecies in interacial interaction Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 10, 109-120

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