We had a really informative chat with Dr. James Sidanius and Mr. Arnold Ho, two of the authors of a new study on the persistence of hypodescent, also known as the 'One Drop Rule.' The study is authored as well by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Daniel T. Levin. You can listen to the entire episode here:
As Sidanius and Ho discussed their methods, many listeners inquired about the computer morphing technology they used to create images of monoracial and biracial people, which they asked participants to categorize racially. Below you'll find the description on their creation and the images. How would you categorize these people?
1) These images are in 5% increments from minority to White. "Image_1" is 100% Asian, "Image_2" is 95% Asian, and so forth, until image 21, which is 0% Asian and 100% White. Similarly, "Image_22" is 100% Black, "Image_23" is 95% Black, and so forth, until image 42, which is 100% White. In a second study, we used the same images, but had them in 1% increments.
2) Each monoracial image (i.e., image 1 - Asian, image 22 - Black, and image 42 - White) is itself a composite of 4 different faces of that race.
3) The White, Asian, and Black images have been matched on darkness.
Image 1:
Image 11:
Image 21:
Image 22:
Image 31:
Image 42:
This is interesting! Where can I see images of all 5% increments? Thanks!
Posted by: Maggie | June 14, 2011 at 01:06 PM