This is a hybrid event - in person and livestreamed on Zoom.

The Development of Racial Bias Awareness

Sylvia Perry, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Associate Professor (by courtesy), Department of Medical Social Sciences, Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University

With the current talk, I will discuss my program of research on racial bias awareness—an individual difference measure meant to assess the extent to which White individuals are aware of and concerned about their own racially biased tendencies toward Black individuals. Specifically, across a series of studies, I will discuss (1) how individual differences in racial bias awareness relate to White individuals’ reactions to evidence of personal and others’ racial biases and (2) how bias awareness relates to White individuals’ willingness to discuss race and racism with others. Finally, I will discuss newer work on how bias awareness is associated with White parents’ racial socialization practices and how these practices, and the cues that parents convey during them, might influence White children’s intergroup attitudes. 

This lecture made possible in part by a generous endowment from Professor Allen L. Edwards.

Faculty host: Clara Wilkins, claraw@uw.edu

Q&A and light refreshments to follow the lecture.