From Black & White to Black: How Behavior Affects Racial Categorizations of Multiracial

This study investigates how a Black/White target’s behavior can affect racial categorizations of that person. We find that the Multiracial target was categorized as more Black when he tweeted that racial inequality exists (stereotypical-Black behavior) but categorized as more Multiracial when posting that racial inequality does not exist (counter-stereotypical-Black behavior).