How different racial minorities experience racism differently remains underexplored in existing research. Here, we show that Asian and Black people are often dehumanized differently. Twelve studies spotlight a racial asymmetry in dehumanization using a wide array of methods (experimental, archival, and computational) and data sources (online samples, word embeddings, and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data): Whereas Black people are more often subjected to animalistic dehumanization, Asian people are predominantly subjected to mechanistic dehumanization. We demonstrate this asymmetry from the vantage point of victims (Studies 1a and 1b) and perpetrators (Studies 2a-2d). We further document the prevalence of this asymmetry across diverse domains, from everyday language (Study 3) to perceptions in the realms of romantic relationships (Study 4a), crime rates (Study 4b), and business skills (Study 4c). Finally, we demonstrate the asymmetry's real-world consequences in labor market segregation (Studies 5 and 6). Our findings shed light on the distinct experiences of racism encountered by different racial groups and, more critically, introduce a framework that unifies and integrates scattered empirical observations on perceptions of Asian people. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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亚洲人=机器，黑人=动物？非人化的种族不对称。


现有研究尚未充分探讨不同种族少数群体如何不同地经历种族主义。在这里，我们表明亚裔和黑人往往被不同程度地非人化。十二项研究使用多种方法（实验、档案和计算）和数据源（在线样本、词嵌入和美国劳工统计局数据）强调非人化中的种族不对称：而黑人更经常遭受兽性对待非人化，亚洲人主要遭受机械性非人化。我们从受害者（研究 1a 和 1b）和犯罪者（研究 2a-2d）的角度证明了这种不对称性。我们进一步记录了这种不对称性在不同领域的普遍存在，从日常语言（研究 3）到对浪漫关系（研究 4a）、犯罪率（研究 4b）和商业技能（研究 4c）领域的认知。最后，我们展示了劳动力市场隔离中不对称性的现实后果（研究 5 和 6）。我们的研究结果揭示了不同种族群体所遭遇的种族主义的独特经历，更重要的是，我们引入了一个框架，统一和整合了对亚洲人看法的分散的经验观察。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。