For Black men, being tall increases threat stereotyping and police stops

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Neil Hester, Kurt Gray

Abstract

Height seems beneficial for men in terms of salaries and success; however, past research on height examines only White men. For Black men, height may be more costly than beneficial, primarily signaling threat rather than competence. Three studies reveal the downsides of height in Black men. Study 1 analyzes over 1 million New York Police Department stop-and-frisk encounters and finds that tall Black men are especially likely to receive unjustified attention from police. Then, studies 2 and 3 experimentally demonstrate a causal link between perceptions of height and perceptions of threat for Black men, particularly for perceivers who endorse stereotypes that Black people are more threatening than White people. Together, these data reveal that height is sometimes a liability for Black men, particularly in contexts in which threat is salient.

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Jan 18, 2020·Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin·E Paige LloydKurt Hugenberg
Feb 6, 2020·Perspectives on Psychological Science : a Journal of the Association for Psychological Science·Neil Hester, Kurt Gray
Apr 9, 2021·PloS One·Terence J McElvaneyIsabelle Mareschal
Nov 27, 2021·Psychological Science·Sally Y XieEric Hehman
Jan 14, 2022·Memory & Cognition·Terence J McElvaneyIsabelle Mareschal

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