Researcher ORCID Identifier

0009-0009-9555-8878

Graduation Year

2026

Document Type

Campus Only Senior Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Department

Psychology

Reader 1

Jennifer Ma

Reader 2

Woojung Amy Lee

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2026 Hannah A. McKie

Abstract

Since the end of legalized segregation, the United States has embraced a colorblind ideology, decrying that race and other social identities are irrelevant. Despite this, little has changed to reflect the belief that race is a relic; members of marginalized groups still face systemic discrimination, clearly exemplified by Black women’s experience. As research shows (Lewis et al., 2016; Motro et al., 2022), gendered racism has a significant impact on the outcomes of Black women. This study explored this issue by analyzing the role a person’s gendered racial identity plays in their perceptions of a Black woman as a stereotypical angry Black woman. Participants were presented with a short dialogue between themself and a Black woman displaying anger. They then completed measures assessing their endorsement of the angry Black woman stereotype in relation to the dialogue, their social dominance orientation (SDO), the degree to which a person supports social hierarchy, external motivation to respond without prejudice, and demographic information. Results revealed a trend of males having higher SDO scores than females and females having higher stereotypic anger perception scores than males. Race had no significant effect on SDO or perceptions of the angry Black woman stereotype, and no significant differences were found between gendered racial groups on either dimension. Further, SDO did not mediate the relationship between gendered and angry Black woman perceptions. This study’s findings reveal that while social identity may play a small role, further research on other factors is needed to understand predictors of stereotyping behavior.

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