Discuss the Whites' perception of race as a zero-sum game as identified by behavioral economists Michael Norton and Samuel Sommers
What will be an ideal response?
Behavioral economists Michael Norton and Samuel Sommers found that Whites view race as a zero-sum game—that is, decreases in bias against African Americans over the last 60 years are associated with increases in what they perceive as bias against Whites. While still seeing anti-Black bias as greater today than anti-White feeling in society, their analysis shows that, in the minds of the White respondents, the two biases are coming closer together. Black respondents also saw a marked decline in anti-Black bias during the same period but perceived only a modest increase in anti-White feelings. While Norton and Sommers's research deals only with perception of reality, it does suggest that race, and not just that of non-Whites, influences one's perception of society.
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