Black men are often perceived as being larger and more capable of causing harm than white men who are the same size, a new study found.
“Racial Bias in Judgments of Physical Size and Formidability: From Size to Threat,” a new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, concluded that “people have a bias to perceive young Black men as bigger (taller, heavier, more muscular) and more physically threatening (stronger, more capable of harm) than young White men.”
The researchers conducted a total of seven different studies. Some studies only included non-Black participants. Participants of all races consistently perceived Black men as being larger, taller and more muscular.
