Mechanical Asians and Animalistic Blacks: The Political Implications of The Symmetry of Two Forms of Dehumanization in Racial Perceptions

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Principal investigator:

Hui Bai

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Email: baixx062@umn.edu

Homepage: https://www.maxhuibai.com/


Sample size: 1501

Field period: 01/17/2020-04/10/2020

Hypotheses
H1: The animalistic dehumanization of Black is more predictive of evaluation of Black candidate than the animalistic dehumanization of Asian is predictive of evaluation of Asian candidate.
H2: The mechanical dehumanization of Asian is more predictive of evaluation of an Asian candidate than the mechanical dehumanization of Black is predictive of evaluation of Black candidate.
Experimental Manipulations
The race of the political candidate
Outcomes
evaluation of the political candidate
Summary of Results
The hypothesized patterns were not found in the study.