Exploring Racial Bias in a European Country with a Recent History of Immigration of Black Africans.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Power, Patricia; Harte, Colin, ; Barnes-Holmes, Dermot; Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne
- Source
- Psychological Record; Sep2017, Vol. 67 Issue 3, p365-375, 11p
- Subject
- Racism
Emigration & immigration
Africans
Race awareness
Prejudices
Race relations
Race discrimination
- Language
- ISSN
- 00332933
The present study examined levels of racial bias among black and white individuals residing in Ireland using the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) and a range of questionnaire measures. The IRAP required participants to respond quickly and accurately on a computer-based task. On some blocks of trials participants were required to respond in a pro-white and anti-black manner, whereas on other blocks responding in the opposite direction was required (anti-white/pro-black). The difference in response latencies between these two types of trials provided an index of racial bias. Performance on the IRAP (i) revealed in-group/out-group bias for the white but not the black participants; (ii) substantively increased the predictive validity of a range of questionnaire-based measures; and (iii) provided the best prediction of racial group. The results support the utility of the IRAP as a measure of racial bias, and indicate that this bias differed between black and white Irish residents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]