Scientist says babies are racist shitlords.

The first study had infants listen to either happy or sad music, and then look at pictures of adult faces. Infants between 6 and 9 months looked at faces of their own race for longer after listening to happy music, and faces of other races for longer after listening to sad music. It’s not clear why the infants made these associations.

In the second study, infants between 6 and 8 months watched videos of a woman looking at a corner of the TV screen. In some videos, the woman is gazing at an animal; in others, the animal appears in a different corner of the screen. The infants were more likely to follow the adult’s line of sight if she was of their own race, indicating that infants are more likely to learn from adults of their own race than adults of other races.

These aren’t the first studies to find that young children can show racial biases — a 2014 study found that 15-month-olds show preference to adults of their own race, but these findings indicate these biases begin earlier than previously thought as well as offer new reasoning behind the tendencies.

“When we consider why someone has a racial bias, we often think of negative experiences he or she may have had with other-race individuals,” study author Naiqi (Gabriel) Xiao said in a press release.

But the researchers say their findings show that babies may develop racial biases not because of negative experiences, but rather because of a lack of experience with people of other races. When babies interact only, or mostly, with members of their own race, they are shown to favor members of their own race.

Parents, the studies indicate, can help prevent destructive racial biases by exposing their children to a more diverse group of people.

http://nypost.com/2017/04/13/your-baby-is-a-little-bit-racist-science-says/

 

[Lackadaisy]

http://nypost.com/2017/04/13/your-baby-is-a-little-bit-racist-science-says/

It'd be really interesting to see if babies raised by mothers of a different race would identify with their mother's race in this study.

 

[Coldgrip]

No shit babies are terrible. That's why sometimes you just need to shake them until they realize how wrong they are.

 

[Sailor_Jupiter]

It'd be really interesting to see if babies raised by mothers of a different race would identify with their mother's race in this study.

I was just about to post that. Unless they find out whether it's nature or nurture, the study is basically worthless.

 

[Male Idiot]

In my studies it was claimed by professors that racism is something that had been inherited from tribal times when people were friendly to their "tribe" of a few hundred people at best and hostile to all others, and this got ingrained genetically.

 

[Literally Hitler]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4406190/Is-baby-racist-Study-bias-start-6-months.html

It has been believed that children developed race-based bias during their preschool years, but a new study has suggested it starts much earlier.

Following a series of studies, researchers have discovered that six- to nine-month-old infants demonstrated racial bias in favor of members of their own race and bias against those of other races.

The findings are said to be a result of the overwhelming exposure infants have to their own race, and experts have warned it is wise to introduce children to people from a variety of races before the issues deepen.

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Following a series of studies, researchers have discovered that six- to nine-month-old infants demonstrated racial bias in favor of members of their own race and bias against those of other races. This could be due to the overwhelming exposure infants have to their own race

FIRST STUDY'S RESULTS
In the first study, the team had infants from three to 10 months of age listened to music clips and then watched a sequence of videos depicting female adults with a neutral facial expression.

Babies participated in one of the four music-face combinations: happy music followed by own-race faces, sad music followed by own-race faces, happy music followed by other-race faces, and sad music followed by other-race faces.

It was discovered that infants six to nine months of age looked longer at own-race faces when paired with happy music as opposed to with sad music.

By contrast, six- to nine-month-olds looked longer at other-race faces when paired with sad music compared to with happy music.

By contrast, six- to nine-month-olds looked longer at other-race faces when paired with sad music compared to with happy music.

For the second experiment, researcher set out to investigate if infants were biased to learn from own-race adults versus other-race adults.

SECOND STUDY'S RESULTS
Videos were played shown to a group of six to eight-month-old babies, which presented a female adult that looked at one of the four corners of the screen.

In some of the videos, an image of an animal appeared in the direction the woman was gazing.

Ontario Institute for Studies at the University of Toronto

And in others, an animal image appeared at a non-looked-at location.

The results showed that six to eight-month-old infants followed the gaze of members of their own race more than they followed the gaze of other-race individuals – suggesting infants are biased to learn information from own-race adults as opposed to other-race adults.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...-Study-bias-start-6-months.html#ixzz4eE8HyiHB
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[vertexwindi]

Good

 

[Lackadaisy]

In my studies it was claimed by professors that racism is something that had been inherited from tribal times when people were friendly to their "tribe" of a few hundred people at best and hostile to all others, and this got ingrained genetically.

It makes sense for babies to be drawn to people who look like or are the same race as their mother because they're likely to be either sympathetically inclined to care for them or actually related to them. It doesn't excuse some of the terrible shit adults who should know better get up to, but it makes sense for babies & small children who need constant attention & care.