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PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)
Obama'
ssuccessisn'
tallgoodnewsforblackAmericans
AsErinWhitewatchedtheelectionresultsheadtowardsvictoryfor
BarackObama,shefeltaburdenliftingfromhershoulders.Inthatonesecond,
itwasavalidationformywholerace,sherecalls.
I'
vealwaysbeenanachiever,saysWhite,whoisstudyingforanMBAat
VanderbiltUniversityinNashville,Tennessee.Buttherehadalwaysbeenthese
thingsinthebackofmymindquestioningwhetherIreallycanbewhoIwant.It
waslikeashadow,followingmearoundsayingyoucanonlygosofar.Nowit'
s
likeabarrierhasbeenletdown.
White'
sexperienceiswhatmanypsychologistshadexpected-thatObama
wouldprovetobeapowerfulrolemodelforAfricanAmericans.Somehopedhis
risetoprominencewouldhaveabigimpactonwhiteAmericans,too,challenging
thosewhostillharbourracistsentiments.Thetraitsthatcharacterisehimare
verycontradictorytotheracialstereotypesthatblackpeopleareaggressive
anduneducated,saysAshbyPlantofFloridaStateUniversity.He'
svery
intelligentandeloquent.
StinginthetailAshbyPlantisoneofanumberofpsychologistswho
seizedonObama'
scandidacytotesthypothesesaboutthepowerofrolemodels.
TheirworkisalreadystartingtorevealhowtheObamaeffectischanging
people'
sviewsandbehaviour.Perhapssurprisingly,itisnotallgoodnews:
thereisastinginthetailoftheObamaeffect.Butfirstthegoodnews.
BarackObamareallyisapositiverolemodelforAfricanAmericans,andhewas
makinganimpactevenbeforehegottotheWhiteHouse.Indeed,theObamaeffect
canbesurprisinglyimmediateandpowerful,asRayFriedmanof
VanderbiltUniversityandhiscolleaguesdiscovered.Theytestedfour
separategroupsatfourkeystagesofObama'
spresidentialcampaign.Eachgroup
consistedofaround120adultsofsimilarageandeducation,andthetest
assessedtheirlanguageskills.Attwoofthesestages,whenObama'
ssuccesswas
lessthancertain,thetestsshowedacleardifferencebetweenthescoresofthe
whiteandblackparticipants—anaverageof12.1outof20,comparedto8.8,for
example.WhentheObamafeverwasatitsheight,however,theblackparticipants
performedmuchbetter.ThosewhohadwatchedObama'
sacceptancespeechasthe
Democrats'
presidentialcandidateperformedjustaswell,onaverage,asthe
whitesubjects.Afterhiselectionvictory,thiswastrueofalltheblack
participants.DramaticshiftWhatcanexplainthisdramaticshift?
Atthe
startofthetest,theparticipantshadtodeclaretheirraceandweretold
theirresultswouldbeusedtoassesstheirstrengthsandweaknesses.This
shouldhaveprimedthesubjectswithstereotypethreat–ananxietythat
theirresultswillconfirmnegativestereotypes,whichhasbeenshowntodamage
theperformanceofAfricanAmericans.Obama'
ssuccessesseemedtoactasa
shieldagainstthis.Wesuspecttheyfeltinspiredandenergisedbyhisvictory,
sothestereotypethreatwouldn'
tproveadistraction,saysFriedman.
LingeringracismIftheObamaeffectispositiveforAfricanAmericans,
howisitaffectingtheirwhitecompatriots(同胞)?
Istheexperienceofhaving
acharismatic(有魅力的)blackpresidentmodifyinglingeringracistattitudes?
Thereisnoeasywaytomeasureracismdirectly。
insteadpsychologistsassess
whatisknownasimplicitbias,usingacomputer-basedtestthatmeasureshow
quicklypeopleassociatepositiveandnegativewords—畳档愠?
汜癯履漠?
敜楶屬—withphotosofblackorwhitefaces.Asimilartestcanalsomeasurehowquickly
subjectsassociatestereotypicaltraits—suchasathleticskillsormental
1/12
ability—withaparticulargroup.Inastudythatwillappearinthe
JournalofExperimentalSocialPsychology,Plant'
steamtested229students
duringtheheightoftheObamafever.Theyfoundthatimplicitbiashasfallen
byasmuchas90%comparedwiththelevelfoundinasimilarstudyin2006.
That'
sanunusuallylargedrop,Plantsays.Whiletheteamcan'
tbesure
theirresultsareduesolelytoObama,theyalsoshowedthatthosewiththe
lowestbiaswerelikelytosubconsciouslyassociateblackskincolourwith
politicalwordssuchasgovernmentorpresident.This