英语听力文摘 English Digest 519、种族刻板印象
时间：2018-12-31 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力文摘 English Digest
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Racial Stereotypes 2 and Memory
Although there has been much debate about whether race has a biological or social basis, the bottom line is that race is a psychological reality for many people. That is, many folks assign other individuals to racial categories based on their appearance, and then make assumptions about them.
But racial stereotyping 3 goes beyond classifying people into groups. When a group is assigned a negative stereotype 1, individuals that exhibit more of the physical characteristics identified with that group suffer more discrimination.
For example, in a recent study, participants were asked to read one of four news articles about a hypothetical African American man. The first story was about a professor receiving an award. The second was about an athlete, a role stereotypically 4 linked to African Americans. The third was about a white-collar criminal and the fourth about a violent criminal. No matter which story they read, all participants saw the same photo of the man.
Despite that fact, when participants were asked to reconstruct the man’s face on a computer, they gave the man more stereotypically African features, such as darker skin tones, if he had been portrayed 6 negatively as the white collar criminal, or–especially–as the violent criminal.
The fact that they didn’t associate more African features with the athlete, who was portrayed positively 7, suggests the participants linked these features to negativity rather than stereotypes. And this happened regardless of the participants’ self-reported racial attitudes, which means that they weren’t even aware they were having these troubling responses.
If so, then it’s not enough to study the way the media portray 5 racial groups. It’s also important to study how the public interprets and remembers–or misremembers–the news in a way that sustains racism 8.
n.固定的形象，陈规，老套，旧框框
- He's my stereotype of a schoolteacher.他是我心目中的典型教师。
- There's always been a stereotype about successful businessmen.人们对于成功商人一直都有一种固定印象。
n.老套，模式化的见解，有老一套固定想法的人( stereotype的名词复数 )v.把…模式化，使成陈规( stereotype的第三人称单数 )
- Such jokes tend to reinforce racial stereotypes. 这样的笑话容易渲染种族偏见。
- It makes me sick to read over such stereotypes devoid of content. 这种空洞无物的八股调，我看了就讨厌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
v.把…模式化，使成陈规( stereotype的现在分词 )
- I realize that I'm stereotyping. 我认识到我搞的是老一套。 来自辞典例句
- There is none of the gender stereotyping usually evident in school uniforms. 有没有人的性别刻板印象通常是显而易见的。 来自互联网
v.描写，描述；画(人物、景象等)
- It is difficult to portray feelings in words.感情很难用言语来描写。
- Can you portray the best and worst aspects of this job?您能描述一下这份工作最好与最坏的方面吗？
v.画像( portray的过去式和过去分词 )；描述；描绘；描画
- Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim. 在审讯过程中，他始终把自己说成是受害者。
- The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard. 作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实
- She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
- The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。