Putting yourself in the skin of a black avatar reduces implicit racial bias.
Putting yourself in the skin of a black avatar reduces implicit racial bias.
Tabitha C. Peck,S. Seinfeld,S. Aglioti,M. Slater
2013 · DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2013.04.016
Consciousness and Cognition · 830 Citations
TLDR
It is demonstrated that embodiment of light-skinned participants in adark-skinned VB significantly reduced implicit racial bias against dark-skinned people, in contrast to embodiment in light- skinned, purple-skinned or with no VB.