Racial Issues and Behavior Analysis: Experiences and Contributions From Brazil

Author(s)

Mizael, Tahcita Medrado ^[1] ; Coelho, Caroline Luiza ^[2] ; Rodrigues, Weslen Chaves ^[3] ; de Almeida, Joao Henrique ^[4]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Expt Psychol, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Pontificia Univ Catolica Sao Paulo PUC SP, Fac Sci & Humanities, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[3] Univ Fed Sao Carlos UFSCar, Dept Psychol, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[4] Univ Estadual Londrina UEL, Dept Gen Psychol & Behav Anal, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL ISSUES; AUG 2021.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

Racial disparities are a major social issue that affects not only Brazil but also the world. Racial inequalities in Brazil are highlighted in several social indicators, such as living conditions, years of education, mortality rates, and unemployment rates, among others. The current article aims to highlight the Brazilian contribution to research exploring the relationship between racial issues and behavior analysis to bring visibility to the work of Brazilian researchers and professors. Four contributions of Brazilian researchers are highlighted: (a) behavior-analytic accounts of racial prejudice, (b) stereotype threat (a phenomenon that shows that the performance of an able individual can be impaired when a negative stereotype about this person's group is highlighted), (c) institutional racism in the Brazilian Military Police Force, and (d) the use of latency-based measures to assess racial biases. We finish with suggestions for future research and for increasing collaboration between Brazilian researchers and researchers in English-speaking (and other) countries, making our contributions more accessible to foreign researchers and students. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 18/06379-5 - Prejudice regarding race and skin color in a university population in Brazil: implications of relational control procedures in the study of implicit attitudes
• Grantee: Weslen Chaves Rodrigues
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• FAPESP's process: 14/50909-8 - INCT 2014: Behavior, Cognition and Teaching (INCT-ECCE): relational learning and symbolic functioning
• Grantee: Deisy das Graças de Souza
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 08/57705-8 - Institute for the Study of Behavior, Cognition and Teaching
• Grantee: Deisy das Graças de Souza
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 20/02548-7 - Coercion, oppression and black woman's loneliness: a behavior-analytical investigation
• Grantee: Táhcita Medrado Mizael
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral