Brianna Richmond

Article information. Title: Ignorance of Critical Race Theory Predicts White Americans’ Opposition To It Authors: Brianna Richmond, Negin Toosi, Joseph Wellman, and Clara Wilkins

Acknowledging systemic racism, a key tenet of Critical Race Theory (CRT), may be threatening to many Americans but it can also reduce racial biases. However, anti-CRT legislation prohibits learning about racism, thus highlighting the mutually reinforcing relationship between systemic racism and the production of ignorance. We assessed White Americans’ knowledge about CRT through participant-generated definitions (Study 1, N = 199) and via a true/false questionnaire (Study 2, N = 194), and its relation to opposition to CRT. Opposition to CRT was associated with a less accurate understanding of CRT, even when controlling for political orientation. Content analyses revealed that opponents of CRT deny anti-Black racism, believe CRT harms Whites, and view discussing race as divisive. Based on these themes, we developed a meta-cognitive corrective intervention in Study 3 (N = 289). Participants who received corrective feedback after taking a multiple-choice test about CRT showed a large…

‼️ New pub alert from #JSI 🚨 Thrilled to share our research exploring why White Americans disproportionately oppose Critical Race Theory (CRT). It’s been a wonderful journey over the last 2 years with my lovely co-authors. I’m so glad it’s available for all to see. Check it out!!

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Idk what happens every year, but every time Dec 1st comes around my brain tries to check out completely. Like nooo pls there’s still 2 more weeks of work to do and one of those weeks is finals!!

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I love how the maps screams your a southern girl and its so so true 🤷🏽‍♀️ what can I say, I love being warm

26.11.2023 18:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Manuscript is finally submitted for review 🎉🎉 praying that this is and quick and easy process 😅

19.11.2023 14:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I understand people have lives and their own work to do but can we streamline the publication processes?? Just a little bit. Why have I been waiting 6 months on this MS 😒

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My latest career advice:

Get ready to fail. Learn to accept failure with a bit of grace (and give grace to others when they fail). Get better at learning from your failures. Figure out what you are willing to fail at and what you aren’t.

That’s about 90% of my job, and more generally my life.

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