ERIC Number: EJ1137470
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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Whites Aren't Bad, Asian Americans Are Just Better: Asymmetrical Attributions for the White-Asian American Achievement Gap
Sperling, Rick; Zwahr-Castro, Jennifer; Cruz, Felicia; Montalvo, Jason
Journal of Latinos and Education, v16 n2 p110-123 2017
Previous research has shown that people often engage in cultural-deficit thinking when reasoning about racial/ethnic achievement gaps. However, it is unclear whether culture-blaming explanations are best thought of as group-level internal attributions, expressions of prejudice against a lower status group, or self-serving bias. In this study, White and Latino participants (N = 328) responded to items that were written to express either a White-critical or pro-Asian American perspective on the White-Asian American achievement gap. Results indicated that Latinos were more likely to engage in pro-Asian than White-critical culture blaming, whereas expressions of culture blaming did not vary across frames among White participants.
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, White Students, Asian Americans, Racial Differences, Social Attitudes, Hispanic American Students, Student Attitudes, Attribution Theory, Ethnic Stereotypes, Racial Bias, Hypothesis Testing, Cultural Traits, College Students, Questionnaires, Likert Scales
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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