Perceptions of Attractiveness, Discrimination, and Racial Bias
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Hossfeld, Cassius Modisana
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology
- Abstract
- How might one’s attractiveness shape the discrimination they receive, and how might this relationship be affected by racial bias? The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between perceived attractiveness and perceptions of discrimination, and how this relationship is the same or different for whites and blacks. In this research, I examine the link between these variables, and try to uncover a possible relationship that might exist. To do this, I used survey data from the Add Health dataset, from the Carolina Population Center, by coding response questions into cumulative index variables and interpreting the results. The results suggest that there is indeed a negative relationship between attractiveness and discrimination. Furthermore, the results indicate racial bias might exist by muting the strength of this relationship for black respondents, as no association between the variables exists when measuring this group.
- Date of publication
- autumn 2016
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- Funding: None
- Advisor
- Ifatunji, Mosi
- Degree
- Bachelor of Arts
- Honors level
- Honors
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- 39
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