Factors Affecting the Perceptions of Positive and Negative Stereotypes: How Race and Stereotype Target Affect the Perceived Positivity and Negativity of Stereotypes

Given that past research on stereotyping has primarily focused on instances with negative valence, less is known about how positive attention attributable to one's race/ethnicity is perceived. The current study found that objectively positive [attention] attributable to one's race is perceived as negatively as negatively valence attention.