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Effect Of Framings Of Racism On White Students' Resistance To Confronting Whiteness, Maile Blume
Effect Of Framings Of Racism On White Students' Resistance To Confronting Whiteness, Maile Blume
Scripps Senior Theses
The proposed experimental study seeks to explore under what conditions white participants might demonstrate less behavioral resistance to engaging in conversations about racism. In this study, approximately 128 white-identifying students at Scripps College will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions: a non-racist framing condition (in which racism is primarily conceptualized on an individual level) or an anti-racist framing condition (in which racism is primarily conceptualized on an institutional level). After completing the framing task, participants will be asked to imagine that they are going to meet with a group of Students of Color to discuss the issue of …