Uzogara Ekeoma E, Lee Hedwig, Abdou Cleopatra M, Jackson James S
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
University of Washington.
Psychol Men Masc. 2014 Apr 1;15(2):201-212. doi: 10.1037/a0033479.
This study investigated perceptions of skin tone discrimination among adult African American men. Research suggests that through negative African American stereotypes, out-group members (Whites) perceive light-skinned African Americans favorably and dark-skinned African Americans unfavorably. However, it is unclear how treatment by in-group members (other African Americans) uniquely affects men. Using data from the 1995 Detroit Area Study and the 2003 National Survey of American Life, we investigated these relationships among African American men representing a wide range of socioeconomic groups. We found that African American men's perceptions of out-group and in-group treatment, respectively, were similar across time. Light-skinned men perceived the least out-group discrimination while dark-skinned men perceived the most out-group discrimination. In appraisals of skin tone discrimination from in-group members, medium-skinned men perceived the least discrimination while both light- and dark-skinned men perceived more in-group discrimination. Additionally, men of lower social economic groups were more affected by skin tone bias than others. Future research should explore the influence of these out- and in-group experiences of skin tone discrimination on social and psychological functioning of African American men.
本研究调查了成年非裔美国男性对肤色歧视的看法。研究表明，通过负面的非裔美国人刻板印象，外群体成员（白人）对浅肤色非裔美国人有好感，而对深肤色非裔美国人则没有好感。然而，尚不清楚内群体成员（其他非裔美国人）的对待方式如何独特地影响男性。利用1995年底特律地区研究和2003年美国生活全国调查的数据，我们调查了代表广泛社会经济群体的非裔美国男性之间的这些关系。我们发现，非裔美国男性对内外群体对待方式的看法在不同时间是相似的。浅肤色男性感受到的外群体歧视最少，而深肤色男性感受到的外群体歧视最多。在评估内群体成员的肤色歧视时，中等肤色男性感受到的歧视最少，而浅肤色和深肤色男性都感受到了更多的内群体歧视。此外，社会经济地位较低的男性比其他人更容易受到肤色偏见的影响。未来的研究应该探讨这些内外群体肤色歧视经历对非裔美国男性社会和心理功能的影响。
