However, when Whites feel social support from fellow feedback-givers, the positivity bias may be mitigated. Obligatory smiles do not show this marker. Derogatory labels, linguistic markers of intergroup bias, linguistic and visual metaphors, and non-inclusive language constitute an imposing toolbox for communicating prejudice beliefs. Curtailing biased communication begins with identifying it for what it is, and it ends when we remove such talk from our mindset. Belmont CA: wadsworth. An . By contrast, smaller groups whose few labels are negative (i.e., a noncomplex negative view of the group) may be especially prone to social exclusion (Leader, Mullen, & Rice, 2009). 2. Prejudice Prejudice is a negative attitude and feeling toward an individual based solely on one's membership in a particular social group, such as gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, social class, religion, sexual orientation, profession, and many more (Allport, 1954; Brown, 2010). There are many barriers that prevent us from competently perceiving others. Individuals also convey their prejudiced beliefs when communicating to outgroup members as message recipients. The contexts discussedhumor, news, entertaining filmcomprise some notable examples of how prejudiced communication is infused into daily life. In one study, White participants who overheard a racial slur about a Black student inferred that the student had lower skills than when participants heard a negative non-racial comment or heard no comment at all (Greenberg & Pyszczynski, 1985). In considering how prejudiced beliefs and stereotypes are transmitted, it is evident that those beliefs may communicated in a variety of ways. Support from others who are responsible for giving constructive feedback may buffer communicators against concerns that critical feedback might mark them as potentially prejudiced. As the term implies, impression management goals involve efforts to create a particular favorable impression with an audience and, as such, different impression goals may favor the transmission of particular types of information. And concern about appearing prejudiced can lead communicators to overcompensate with effusive praise or disingenuous smiles. Presumption of low competence also can prompt underaccommodation, but this pattern may occur especially when the communicator does not feel that the recipient is deserving of care or warmth. Although they perhaps can control the content of their verbal behavior (e.g., praise), Whites who are concerned about appearing prejudiced nonverbally leak their anxieties into the interaction. When it comes to Diversity and Inclusion, one hidden bias continues to hold businesses back: linguistic bias. Stereotypes and Prejudice as Barriers 28. Dramatic examples of propaganda posters are on display in the United States National World War II Museum (e.g., one that uses the parasite metaphor depicts a beautiful Japanese woman combing lice-like allied soldiers out of her hair). Exposure to films that especially perpetuate the stereotype can influence judgments made about university applicants (Smith et al., 1999) and also can predict gender-stereotyped behavior in children (Coyne, Linder, Rasmussen, Nelson, & Birkbeck, 2016). People communicate their prejudiced attitudes and stereotypic beliefs in numerous ways. Another interesting feature of metaphors that distinguish them from mere labels is that metaphors are not confined to verbal communication. This can make the interaction awkward or can lead us to avoid opportunities for intercultural communication. Interestingly, periodicals and postage stamp portraits show greater focus on the face for men and Whites (i.e., rational, powerful) than for women and Blacks (i.e., emotional, less powerful). Thus, pronoun use not only reflects an acknowledged separation of valued ingroups from devalued outgroups, but apparently can reflect a strategic effort to generate feelings of solidarity or distance. Presumably, a photographer or artist has at least some control over how much of the body appears in an image. Negativity toward outgroup members also might be apparent in facial micro-expressions signals related to frowning: when people are experiencing negative feelings, the brow region furrows . One person in the dyad has greater expertise, higher ascribed status, and/or a greater capacity to provide rewards versus punishments. Intercultural Conflict Management. Indeed, individuals from collectivist cultureswho especially value ingroup harmonydefault to transmitting stereotype-congruent information unless an explicit communication goal indicates doing so is inappropriate (Yeung & Kashima, 2012). If there are 15 women in a room, consider how efficient it is to simply reference the one woman as shellac. Indeed, this efficiency even shows up in literature. Surely, a wide array of research opportunities awaits the newest generation of social scientists who are interested in prejudiced communication. As research begins to consider interactions in which historically lower status group members hold higher situational status (cf. For example, students whose work is criticized by female teachers evaluate those teachers more negatively than they evaluate male teachers (Sinclair & Kunda, 2000). Work on communication maxims (e.g., Grice, 1975) and grounding (e.g., Clark & Brennan, 1991) indicate that communicators should attempt brevity when possible, and that communicating group members develop terms for shared understanding. People also may obtain their news from social media mechanisms such as Facebook and Twitter, or from pundits and comedians. When prejudice leads to incorrect conclusions about other people, it can breakdown intercultural communication and lead to feelings of hostility and resentment. In one unusual investigation, Mullen and his colleagues show that label references to the character Shylock in Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice (e.g., infidel, the Jew) become more likely as the number of Christian characters on stage increase (Mullen, Rozell, & Johnson, 1996). In addition to the linguistic intergroup bias, communicators rely on myriad linguistic strategies that betray and maintain intergroup biases. The pattern replicates in China, Europe, and the United States, and with a wide variety of stereotyped groups including racial groups, political affiliations, age cohorts, rival teams, and disabilities; individual differences such as prejudiced attitudes and need for closure also predict the strength of the bias (for discussion and specific references, see Ruscher, 2001). Fortunately, counterstereotypic characters in entertaining television (e.g., Dora the Explorer) might undercut the persistence of some stereotypes (Ryan, 2010), so the impact of images can cut both ways. If you read and write Arabic or Hebrew, you will proceed from right to left. 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