ABSTRACT
Most social psychology research on prejudice, racism, and discrimination is on the perspectives of perpetrators and most of this research has been on European Americans. Although much research in social psychology focuses on the attitudes and behavior of European Americans in relation to persons of color, this chapter focuses on the attitudes and behavior of persons of color in relation to other groups. It also focuses on stereotype threat involving persons of color but it affects other identities, such as gender and age. Repeated discrimination makes people of color aware of stereotypes about their group. The effects of stereotype threat are not specific to African Americans. Latinx Americans may be susceptible to academic performance stereotypes similar to those of African Americans. Prejudice reduction may be more effective among European Americans when intergroup contact occurs within a multicultural perspective vs a color-blind perspective.
