An Investigation into How Well Individuals from the Z Generation are Able to Identify the Difference Between Racism and Stereotypes In Different Scenarios.
School Name
Spring Valley High School
Grade Level
11th Grade
Presentation Topic
Psychology
Presentation Type
Non-Mentored
Oral Presentation Award
4th Place
Abstract
The current American population has been observed to quickly claim and take offense to racism, even if the situation doesn’t actually contain racism. This results in many false-claims, diluting the meaning of racism. As false-claims of racism spreads, people aren’t going to focus on solving actual racism, as they’ll be too busy focusing on the scenarios that aren’t racist. The research conducted looks at exactly how well people from Generation Z (people born in the year 1995-2012) are actually able to identify racist scenarios. Generation Z was chosen specifically because it is the generation that will have the biggest impact in the near future. The experiment took the form of a survey, in which the participants were asked preliminary questions about their views on racism and stereotyping. Then, they were given a number of scenarios and asked to identify whether the scenarios were an example of racism or stereotyping. Based on previous observations, the claim of the experiment was that more people from Generation Z would claim racial stereotyping as racism, than they would claim racism as racial stereotyping. A t-test was done to see significance between the amount of times participants incorrectly labeled the scenarios The results from the t-test shows that the amount of times participants incorrectly labeled racial stereotyping (M = 5.75, SD = 6.932) was statistically about the same as the amount of times participants incorrectly labeled racism (M = 8.01, SD = 6.664), t =0.2304, p = 0.05. The hypothesis was not supported as neither scenarios were incorrectly labeled more than the other.
Recommended Citation
Nguyen, Nam, "An Investigation into How Well Individuals from the Z Generation are Able to Identify the Difference Between Racism and Stereotypes In Different Scenarios." (2019). South Carolina Junior Academy of Science. 43.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/scjas/2019/all/43
Location
Founders Hall 251 B
Start Date
3-30-2019 9:45 AM
Presentation Format
Oral and Written
Group Project
No
An Investigation into How Well Individuals from the Z Generation are Able to Identify the Difference Between Racism and Stereotypes In Different Scenarios.
Founders Hall 251 B
The current American population has been observed to quickly claim and take offense to racism, even if the situation doesn’t actually contain racism. This results in many false-claims, diluting the meaning of racism. As false-claims of racism spreads, people aren’t going to focus on solving actual racism, as they’ll be too busy focusing on the scenarios that aren’t racist. The research conducted looks at exactly how well people from Generation Z (people born in the year 1995-2012) are actually able to identify racist scenarios. Generation Z was chosen specifically because it is the generation that will have the biggest impact in the near future. The experiment took the form of a survey, in which the participants were asked preliminary questions about their views on racism and stereotyping. Then, they were given a number of scenarios and asked to identify whether the scenarios were an example of racism or stereotyping. Based on previous observations, the claim of the experiment was that more people from Generation Z would claim racial stereotyping as racism, than they would claim racism as racial stereotyping. A t-test was done to see significance between the amount of times participants incorrectly labeled the scenarios The results from the t-test shows that the amount of times participants incorrectly labeled racial stereotyping (M = 5.75, SD = 6.932) was statistically about the same as the amount of times participants incorrectly labeled racism (M = 8.01, SD = 6.664), t =0.2304, p = 0.05. The hypothesis was not supported as neither scenarios were incorrectly labeled more than the other.
