Adult’s veracity judgments of Black and White children’s statements: the role of perceiver and target race and prejudice-related concerns by Sarah Zanette, Sarah Zanette, Siham Hagi Hussein, Lindsay C. Malloy

“…Given the pervasiveness of racial prejudice and anti-Black racism in the United States, the current study examined whether adults are more or less likely to believe a child is telling the truth based on the race of the child (Black or White), the race of the adult perceiver (Black or White), and the perceiver’s concerns regarding appearing unprejudiced.MethodsUsing an online data-collection platform, 593 Black and White American adults reviewed fictitious vignettes in which a child denied committing a misbehavior at school (e.g., damaging a laptop). …”
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