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White Look-Alikes: Mainstream Culture Adoption Makes Immigrants "Look" Phenotypically White.

Personality & social psychology bulletin - 1 Feb 2018

Kunst Jonas R, Dovidio John F, Dotsch Ron

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White Americans generally equate "being American" with "being White." In six studies, we demonstrate that White Americans perceive immigrants who adopt American mainstream culture as racially White and, reciprocally, perceive White-looking immigrants as assimilating more. In Studies 1 and 2, participants visually represented immigrants who adopted U.S. culture by acculturating to mainstream American culture or by...

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PMID: 29098934
DOI: 10.1177/0146167217739279

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