Subgroup prejudice based on skin color among Hispanics in the United States and Latin America

• Published in: Social cognition Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 198 - 226
• Main Authors: UHLMANN, Eric, DASGUPTA, Nilanjana, ELGUETA, Angelica, GREENWALD, Anthony G, SWANSON, Lane
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Guilford 01.06.2002; Guilford Press
• Subjects: Attitudes; Biological and medical sciences; Chile; Crosscultural Differences; Ethnic Relations; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hispanic Americans; Hispanic people; Prejudice; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Seattle, Washington; Skin; Social attribution, perception and cognition; Social psychology; South America; Chile; United States; North America; America; United States > US; Latin America; Human; Social preference; Social attitude; Color; Skin; Prejudice; Experimental study; Latinamerican; Ethnic group; Social cognition

Two experiments examined the influence of skin color on American Hispanics' and Chileans' attitudes toward their ethnic ingroup and toward subgroups within their ingroup. When implicit attitudes were examined, both American Hispanics and Chileans expressed strong preference for the lighter...