This Study Argues Leftists Condescend To Minority Audiences. That's A Serious Problem.
Study organizers asked white participants to email with a partner without seeing that partner. The partner would be named in either stereotypically white or stereotypically black fashion. The study found, shockingly, that “well-intentioned liberal whites may draw on low-status/competence stereotypes to affiliate with minorities.”
How about conservatives? It turns out that conservatives spoke to white people in the same way they spoke to black people. “It was kind of an unpleasant surprise to see this subtle but persistent effect,” Dupree stated. “Even if it’s ultimately well-intentioned, it could be seen as patronizing.”
"The fact that white liberals tend to treat minority audiences more emotionally, and without resort to competence-related language, is certainly patronizing. It’s ridiculous for white liberals to think that they have to dumb themselves down in some way to speak with minority voters."
Study organizers asked white participants to email with a partner without seeing that partner. The partner would be named in either stereotypically white or stereotypically black fashion. The study found, shockingly, that “well-intentioned liberal whites may draw on low-status/competence stereotypes to affiliate with minorities.”
How about conservatives? It turns out that conservatives spoke to white people in the same way they spoke to black people. “It was kind of an unpleasant surprise to see this subtle but persistent effect,” Dupree stated. “Even if it’s ultimately well-intentioned, it could be seen as patronizing.”
"The fact that white liberals tend to treat minority audiences more emotionally, and without resort to competence-related language, is certainly patronizing. It’s ridiculous for white liberals to think that they have to dumb themselves down in some way to speak with minority voters."