Full text here http://odube.net/papers/White_man.pdf TL;DR: Sierra Leoneans' behaviour is influenced by how they want to be seen by others, with an aim towards maximising their own benefits.
Thank you! I'd be nice if the mods could change the link.
The white-man effect: How foreigner presence affects behavior in experiments
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#42Psychology is a tribe pseudoscience.
Re: The white-man effect: How foreigner presence affects behavior in experiments
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I think you might be missing the forest for the trees. Stereotyping based on race is what you're describing, and it's still racist. Someone in the US refusing to hire a black guy because black men commit crimes at a higher rate is "discriminating based on the perception of the person's criminality". That doesn't mean it isn't discrimination based on race, since their perception is deriving entirely from "that person…
What is it called when in Japan patrons (mostly Japanese men) of the pink industry pay more for Eastern Europeans versus locals or other East Asians? Is it a fetish or is it racist of them? Or is it simply "exotic"?
I assume the pink industry is prostitution? The purpose of prostitution is almost entirely paying for what someone looks like. I should hope it's clear that it's not racial stereotyping to say that eastern Europeans have eastern European features.....throw in the fact that people reasonably tend to make an exception for racial preferences when it comes to sexuality (i.e. "I'm not attracted to East Asians" gets a hell of a lot less flak than "I won't hire east Asians", in large part because it's really damn hard to override sexuality preference), and it should be clear that your question really has no bearing on what we're talking about.
Re: The white-man effect: How foreigner presence affects behavior in experiments
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
What is it called when in Japan patrons (mostly Japanese men) of the pink industry pay more for Eastern Europeans versus locals or other East Asians? Is it a fetish or is it racist of them? Or is it simply "exotic"?
I assume the pink industry is prostitution? The purpose of prostitution is almost entirely paying for what someone looks like. I should hope it's clear that it's not racial stereotyping to say that eastern Europeans have eastern European features.....throw in the fact that people reasonably tend to make an exception for racial preferences when it comes to sexuality (i.e. "I'm not attracted to East Asians" gets a hell…
Yes, that's the industry.
>is almost entirely paying for what someone looks like.
No, not nearly. There may be some aspect of that, but no, people aren't looking for long-term commitments here. Anecdotally, I've known people who will not mind dating westerners but would never commit nor have any intention of marrying them (Social conventions).
That said, my point was more about the dominant society (Japan) where men express preference superficially based on "race" over another where the compared ethnicities include non-native. But I'm saying this preference may not be based on perceived racial ranking, but rather on other reasons, rarity (exoticism) a social signal (more disposable income), etc. And so I'm saying I don't think it's certain that the (preferential) treatment of "whites" in Africa can be strictly assigned to some racial ranking.
I'm also interested to see how Chinese might come to be viewed in the coming decades in Asia as they become known for their economic prowess and as their power and influence is felt in the African continent.
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> This relic of the British Empire is found in Silicon Valley today Care to elaborate?
Colonization e.g. of India, Africa or the Caribbean led to undue emphasis and esteem of Anglos aside from being from a wealthy land. The psychology of a kidnapped or enslaved victim came into play aka Stockholm Syndrome. More importantly, hitleresque superior race, eugenics and a bunch of other stuff wound up in the mix which still pervades thinking today. Some of it even started right here in the Bay Area aka Silico…
William Shockley was pretty late to the eugenics thing. He made a lot of noise, but was many decades too late to have started it.