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从沉默到声援:关于少数群体的沟通如何影响歧视

Silence to Solidarity: How Communication about a Minority Affects Discrimination
Journal of Political Economy · 2026 · Duncan Webb

中文摘要

人们主要在自身身份群体内部进行交流。因此,多数群体成员之间的对话对于塑造针对少数群体的歧视可能至关重要。在印度开展的一项实验(N=3,397)中,非跨性别参与者在为杂货配送岗位招聘时对跨性别工作者表现出强烈的歧视,但与两位非跨性别邻居进行讨论后,这种歧视在讨论后的私人选择中被消除。相较于关于跨性别者法律权利的信息,讨论在减少歧视方面的效果为前者的 1.7 倍,且效应在 1 个月后部分持续存在。证据与基于规范的劝说相一致:支持跨性别者的参与者在讨论中更为积极发声,并形成一种可感知的反歧视规范,从而减少后续歧视。

Abstract

People predominantly talk within their identity groups. Conversations between majority-group members may, therefore, be crucial in shaping discrimination against minorities. In an experiment in India ($N=\mathrm{3,397}$), nontransgender participants strongly discriminate against transgender workers when hiring for a grocery delivery, but a discussion with two nontransgender neighbors eliminates this discrimination in private postdiscussion choices. The discussion is 1.7 times more effective at reducing discrimination than information about transgender people’s legal rights, and effects partially persist after 1 month. The evidence is consistent with norm-based persuasion, in which pro-transgender participants are more vocal and create a perceived antidiscriminatory norm that reduces subsequent discrimination.
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