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Racial Stereotypes and Memory
种族刻板印象和记忆
Although there has been much debate about whether race has a biological or social basis, the bottom line is that race is a psychological reality for many people. That is, many folks assign other individuals to racial categories based on their appearance, and then make assumptions about them.
虽然对于种族歧视究竟是生物学因素还是社会基础导致还存在很多争议，但归根结底，对很多人来说这是一种心理现象的现实反应——也就是说，许多人根据外表将他人划分为不同的种族，然后对他们产生错误偏见。
But racial stereotyping goes beyond classifying people into groups. When a group is assigned a negative stereotype, individuals that exhibit more of the physical characteristics identified with that group suffer more discrimination.
但种族刻板印象不仅仅是将人划分为不同群体。当一个群体被赋予了消极的刻板印象时，那些表现出更多与该群体相同的身体特征的人会遭受更多的歧视。
For example, in a recent study, participants were asked to read one of four news articles about a hypothetical African American man. The first story was about a professor receiving an award. The second was about an athlete, a role stereotypically linked to African Americans. The third was about a white-collar criminal and the fourth about a violent criminal. No matter which story they read, all participants saw the same photo of the man.
例如，在最近的一项研究中，参与者被要求阅读四篇关于一个假想的非裔美国人的新闻文章中的一篇。第一篇是关于一位教授获奖的事件。第二篇是关于一个运动员的新闻，一个典型的非裔美国人角色。第三篇关于白领罪犯，第四篇是关于暴力罪犯。不管他们选择的是哪一篇，新闻配图都是同一个人的照片。
译文来自可可英语
