Racial Stereotypes in Young Children

Ethnic stereotypes.

“…differential attribution of stereotype-relevant traits to whites and Negroes. Taylor (1966) showed nine pictures of a Negro and a white child engaged in some activity to children aged 6 to 10. For each picture, they were asked to identify which person had a given negative stereotyperelevant trait.…”

Ethnic identification and preference: A review.

“…Similarly, comparing choice of descriptive phrases, Anglo and Mexican American males rated themselves as more "healthy," "happy," and "funloving" than Anglo and Mexican American females, while females perceived themselves as more active in social roles, as in "helpfulness to others" (Hodges, 1971). Several studies have indicated that black and white females preferred white doll and photographic stimuli more than black and white males (Porter, 1971;Taylor, 1966).…”

The role of shared cultural knowledge in young children’s social categorization processes

“…Moreover, this also points to the conclusion that the human mind is particularly prone to use race as a cue along which to divide the social world into groups. This idea has gained further support in numerous studies during the following decades (e.g Taylor, 1966;Bigler & Liben, 1993;Hirschfeld, 1995;Katz & Kofkin, 1997).…”