On the ideology of hypodescent: Political conservatism predicts categorization of racially ambiguous faces as Black
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چکیده
• We examined the relation between political ideology and racial categorization. • People categorized morphed faces that ranged from 100% Black to 100% White. • Conservatism (vs. liberalism) was associated with the tendency to categorize racially ambiguous faces as Black. • Relation between ideology and categorization was mediated by opposition to equality. • This research helps to explain the ideological underpinnings of hypodescent.
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