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Aug 17, 2020 · Researchers David Marx, Sei Jin Ko, and Ray Friedman set out to explore the effects of Barack Obama’s presidential run on stereotype threat.
Based on a review of the literature, the Obama Effect can generally be defined as changes in cognition, affect, and/or behavior that occur as a result of exposure to Barack Obama, a positive exemplar who defies negative stereotypes about African Americans.
In The Obama Effect, Seth K. Goldman and Diana C. Mutz uncover persuasive evidence that white racial prejudice toward blacks significantly declined during the Obama campaign. Their innovative research rigorously examines how racial attitudes form, and whether they can be changed for the better.
Keywords: Implicit prejudice Implicit stereotyping Attitude change Prejudice reduction. This project explores the impact of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and the resulting high levels of exposure to a positive, counter-stereotypic Black exemplar, on prejudice and stereotyping among non-Black participants.
Barack Obama, the first Black-American president, has been widely heralded as a role model for Black-Americans because he inspires hope. The current study was conducted to assess whether, beyond simply inspiring hope, this ‘‘Obama Effect” has a concrete positive influence on Black-Americans’ academic per-formance.
Jan 20, 2009 · Abstract: The “Obama Effect” is a term that I coined to describe what is happening in the U.S. currently. The presidency of Barack Obama began on January 20, 2009 and since that time the establishment has been rebelling. The rebellion in the beginning was covert but now in his second term of the presidency they are overtly acting out.
Jul 1, 2009 · Abstract. Barack Obama, the first Black-American president, has been widely heralded as a role model for Black-Americans because he inspires hope. The current study was conducted to assess whether, beyond simply inspiring hope, this “Obama Effect” has a concrete positive influence on Black-Americans’ academic performance.
