The Subtlety of White Racism: The Likelihood of Whites to Request or to Accept Help from a Black or White Fellow Worker.

摘要

White subject's help-seeking behavior in a non-emergency context was investigated. As expected, when the partner actively offered assistance to the subject, the help from black partners was accepted more than from white partners. When the subject had to solicit help, if desired, white partners were asked for help more often than black partners. Furthermore, two measures of subjects' impressions of their partner were obtained. On a direct semantic differential description, the pattern of results was similar to the one obtained for the asking measure. Blacks who actively offered help were evaluated more positively than comparable whites: whites who were simply available to be asked were rated more favorably than similar blacks. When a relative measure was obtained (partner rating-self rating), blacks, regardless of condition, were rated less positively than white partners. Furthermore, for black partners who initiated involvement, a negative relationship between perceived willingness to help and favorableness of evaluation was obtained. (Author)