Teacher Trainees Are More Likely To Misread Black Children As Angry Than White Children

This study was designed to demonstrate the existence of this bias to White people and other researchers, she explains. She’s also keen to expose other racial prejudices besides the anger bias: “We want to keep our eyes and ears open to what other phenomena are being imposed by … culture and by White people on others because of stereotypes. So the next question is, ‘ What are other biases that we have that we haven’t become aware of?’” In the UK, researchers from the Centre For Education and Youth (CFEY) have found that teachers in London show biases against Black Caribbean boys and White boys from poorer backgrounds. This affected not just disciplinary measures at school (for example, they were more likely to be expelled), but also assessment, such as which academic ability stream students were put in. Ellie Mulcahy, head of research at CFEY, says the findings of Halberstadt’s study are very concerning: “While this is a US study, and more research is sorely needed in the UK context, we know that racial bias is a problem in the UK.” Currently, we have no idea how early in their education Black children in UK nurseries and schools encounter bias from teachers. Isn’t it time to find out? –Racialized Emotion Recognition Accuracy And Anger Bias Of Children’s Faces Post written for BPS Research Digest by Ellie Broughton (@___ellie). Ellie is a freelance features writer with work published in The Guardian, The Independent and Vice. At Research Digest ...
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