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This article highlights some interesting studies I think people should be more aware of, and a good defense of the argument that privilege compounds itself: '“
by h0l0cube 9y ago
This article highlights some interesting studies I think people should be more aware of, and a good defense of the argument that privilege compounds itself:
'“examiners” scored individuals lower on the same task when they were told that the pupil came from a less privileged background.'
'Those who were told they were “low status individuals” performed worse on both financial decisions and basic cognitive tasks.'
- ashark 9y ago> '“examiners” scored individuals lower on the same task when they were told that the pupil came from a less privileged background.' I'm not sure how well-backed-up the assertions actually were (I've not followed up on the references) but the well-regarded and sometimes recommended-on-this-very-site Influence by Cialdini has a chapter on the effects of appearance on others, and especially of wealth/class markers. In particular, it claims a study was conducted that found that pretty much no-one thinks they would defer more readily, when driving, to an expensive-looking car than a cheap-looking one, but in fact people do (in this case, IIRC, waiting longer for them to go after their light turns green before honking) and to a very large degree. Apparently these kinds of results are pretty typical for research along those lines, i.e. self-reported versus actual deference to people who simply look rich/"classy"/powerful, even absent any directly-relevant hierarchy in the equation (i.e. just strangers on otherwise equal footing).
- taneq 9y agoLife exists on a slippery slope. Success begets further success, failure (beyond a point) begets failure. Yet at some point in the past few decades we decided to declare that the result of success is "privilege" and is somehow undeserved and unfair.