For the light-skinned male with just the bachelor’s degree, the average rating was 5.35. For the dark-skinned Black male with an MBA, the average rating was 4.5.
Overall, women received higher ratings than men, Harrison says, perhaps because 72 percent of the participants were female and majoring in psychology.
Adds Harrison: “Given the increasing number of biracial and multiracial Americans, more research similar to this study should be performed so that Americans can become more aware of the prevalence of color bias in our society.”
— By Shilpa Banerji
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