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Racing Towards Colorblindness: Stereotype Threat And The Myth Of Meritocracy, Jonathan Feingold
Racing Towards Colorblindness: Stereotype Threat And The Myth Of Meritocracy, Jonathan Feingold
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Education law and policy debates often focus on whether college and graduate school admissions offices should take race into account. Those who advocate for a strictly merits-based regime emphasize the importance of colorblindness. The call for colorblind admissions relies on the assumption that our current admissions criteria are fair measures, which accurately capture talent and ability. Recent social science research into standardized testing suggests that this is not the case.
Part I of this Article explores the psychological phenomenon of stereotype threat. Stereotype threat has been shown to detrimentally impact the performance of individuals from negatively stereotyped groups when performing …