{"id":68651,"date":"2018-11-28T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T17:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=68651"},"modified":"2018-11-28T07:04:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T13:04:32","slug":"low-expectations-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=68651","title":{"rendered":"Low Expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Democrat politicians tend to talk down to black voters, according to Fox News Fox News Fox News!<\/em><\/p>\n

Sorry.\u00a0 I mean Yale<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The team found that\u00a0Democratic candidates used fewer competence-related words in speeches delivered to mostly minority audiences than they did in speeches delivered to mostly white audiences.<\/span>\u00a0The difference wasn\u2019t statistically significant in speeches by Republican candidates…There was no difference in Democrats\u2019 or Republicans\u2019 usage of words related to warmth [the mnemonic for “acceptance or friendliness toward people different than\u00a0 you” – Ed].<\/em> \u201cIt was really surprising to see that for nearly three decades, Democratic presidential candidates have been engaging\u00a0in this predicted behavior.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, we’ve seen these social science polls with amusing (?) partisan results for decades – most of them garbage.\u00a0 It’s important to know what the methodology that led\u00a0to\u00a0<\/em>the study was:<\/p>\n

They designed a series of experiments in which white participants were asked to respond to a hypothetical or presumed-real interaction partner. For half of these participants, their partner was given a stereotypically white name (such as \u201cEmily\u201d); for the other half, their partner was given a stereotypically black name (such as \u201cLakisha\u201d). Participants were asked to select from a list of words for an email to their partner. For some studies, this email was for a work-related task; for others, this email was simply to introduce themselves. Each word had been previously scored on how warm or competent it appears. The word \u201csad,\u201d for example, scored low for both warmth and competence. \u201cMelancholy,\u201d on the other hand, scored high for competence and low on warmth.<\/p>\n

Participant also completed a variety of measures that assessed how liberal they were.<\/p>\n

The researchers found that\u00a0liberal individuals were less likely to use words that would make them appear highly competent when the person they were addressing was presumed to be black rather than white.\u00a0<\/span>No significant differences were seen in the word selection of conservatives based on the presumed race of their partner. \u201cIt was kind of an unpleasant surprise<\/strong> to see this subtle but persistent effect,\u201d Dupree says. \u201cEven if it\u2019s ultimately well-intentioned, it could be seen as patronizing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unpleasant surprise.\u00a0 “Unexpected”, even.<\/p>\n

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