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The Effects Of The 2020 Blm Protests On Racial Bias In The United States.

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The Effects Of The 2020 Blm Protests On Racial Bias In The United States.

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The Effects of the 2020 BLM Protests on Racial Bias in the United States.

Maximilian A Primbs¹, Rob W Holland¹, Freek Oude Maatman^1,2

¹Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin

|September 11, 2024

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Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

The 2020 Black Lives Matter protests initially reduced racial bias among White Americans. However, bias levels gradually increased as public attention to the movement waned.

Keywords:

Black Lives Matter bias of crowds causal inference implicit bias

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Political Science

Background:

The 2020 Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, sparked by George Floyd's murder, underscored persistent structural racism in the U.S.
Understanding the impact of social movements on public attitudes is crucial for addressing inequality.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the effect of the 2020 BLM protests on implicit and explicit racial bias in White Americans.
To examine the temporal dynamics of racial bias following the protests and shifts in public attention.

Main Methods:

Utilized data from Project Implicit for bias measures, ACLED for protest data, Google Trends for public attention, and American Community Survey for demographic context.
Employed directed acyclic graphs to ensure the validity of causal inferences regarding protest impact on racial bias.

Main Results:

Observed a significant, rapid decrease in both implicit and explicit racial bias among White Americans immediately following the onset of the BLM protests.
Documented a gradual resurgence of racial bias measures as attention to the BLM movement declined over time.

Conclusions:

Social movements can temporarily reduce racial bias, but sustained change requires ongoing attention and engagement.
The findings suggest that social norms and situational factors influence large-scale attitude shifts, with implications for the long-term effectiveness of protest movements.