Racial microaggressions and perceptions of Internet memes

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Highlights:

• Non-Whites experienced more racial microaggressions than Whites.

• Regardless of race, racist memes were rated as more offensive than non-racist memes.

• For non-Whites, experiencing microaggressions predicted ratings of racist memes.

• This same relationship did not emerge for Whites.

摘要

•Non-Whites experienced more racial microaggressions than Whites.•Regardless of race, racist memes were rated as more offensive than non-racist memes.•For non-Whites, experiencing microaggressions predicted ratings of racist memes.•This same relationship did not emerge for Whites.

论文关键词:Memes,Internet,Racial microaggressions,Prejudice,Discrimination

论文评审过程:Received 10 December 2015, Revised 14 April 2016, Accepted 23 May 2016, Available online 30 May 2016, Version of Record 30 May 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.05.067