APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
The Impact of Black Victim Stereotypicality and Empathy on Threat Perceptions in a Case of White Police Interracial Violence
- Len Lecci
University of North Carolina Wilmington - Rachel Stevenson
University of North Carolina Wilmington - Paige Humphrey
University of North Carolina Wilmington - Ashley Ritter
The University of North Carolina Wilmington - James Johnson
The University of the South Pacific
Abstract
Participants read a case of White police interracial violence. Black victim stereotypicality was manipulated. Participants reporting high victim empathy had low threat perceptions regardless of victim stereotypicality. However, participants with low victim empathy generally perceived the victim as a threat, and especially when the Black victim was stereotypical in appearance.
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