All Human Groups Are Human, but Some Are More Human Than Others: An Analysis of the Implicit Human-Animal Stereotype Towards Racial and Ethnic Human Groups

Across 3 experiments (N=34,997), we demonstrated that White participants erroneously associate “Human” (over “Animal”) more with White, than with Black/Hispanic/Asian. Although the strength of this White=Human association was consistent across social comparisons, moderator analyses indicated that unique features (e.g., social dominance orientation) support implicit human-animal stereotypes towards different groups.