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Story summary
- Recent research by Amber D. Williams and Xinguo Zhang finds that children's racial biases stem from perceptions of social hierarchies and wealth disparities.
- Children as young as three associate high social status with positive traits and often favor White individuals in unequal societies, reinforced by affective tagging and the inherence heuristic.
- The study suggests teaching structural causes of inequality rather than merely asserting equality to reduce bias and promote equity.
