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Cop Who Killed Tamir Rice May Not be Charged
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/...call-squad-car It is horrific enough that these officers just opened fire immediately on this child, but I find it particularly appalling that they left a 12-year-old boy bleeding and dying on the ground without administering first aid. There is an interesting study that was published in 2014, The Essence of Innocence: Consequences of Dehumanizing Black Children, that examines the differences between dehumanization and prejudice. "prejudice may prompt one to devalue a job candidate from a disliked group (e.g., Dovidio & Gaertner, 2000), prejudice would not predict endorsement of genocide or extreme violence toward that individual or group (Staub, 1989, 1990, 2000). Dehumanization, on the other hand, would. Consequently, although prejudice toward Black children might result in negative academic evaluations and social exclusion (Farkas, 2003; Lareau & Horvat, 1999; Skiba, Trachok, Chung, Baker, & Hughes, 2012), dehumanization of Black children might conflict with perceptions of children as needing protection. In other words, children may be afforded fewer basic protections in contexts where they are dehumanized, making them vulnerable to harsh treatment usually reserved for adults." I found the study extremely disturbing. Seriously disturbing. But it certainly explains a lot. http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/rel...p-a0035663.pdf However, if you find it too much, here is a somewhat whitewashed and much shorter explanation of the study. http://www.salon.com/2014/03/11/stud...hite_children/ |
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