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[双语] 研究表明人们潜意识中存在种族歧视2011-09-30 10:41:50??来源：国际在线专稿 　 HYPERLINK javascript:Print() 打印文章 HYPERLINK /hqsj/shbt/2011-09-30/content_3951491.html \l # 发送给好友 HYPERLINK /share 0 [提要]??在美国的一项研究中，一些志愿者倾向于选择那些穿西装的人为白人，即使这个人的肤色偏深，或是选择穿工作服的人为黑人。不仅仅是那些穿着西装的人看起来像白人，穿着破烂的像黑人，甚至要是一个白人穿着棕色的衣服，那些志愿者一开始都会将他们认为是黑人。 　　Clothing, it seems, can make us colour blind, because whether we perceive someone as ‘white’ or ‘black’ depends not just on skin tone – but also how smartly they are dressed, according to researchers. 　　研究者声称，似乎，衣服能让我们变成色盲，因为我们不会仅仅依靠肤色来辨认一个认识黑人还是白人，而是他们穿了什么样的衣服。 　　Volunteers in a U.S. study tended to label someone as white if they were HYPERLINK /hqsj/shbt/2011-09-30/content_3951491.html \t _blank dressed in a suit – even if the face had dark skin – and labelled someone black if they were dressed in working overalls. 　　在美国的一项研究中，一些志愿者倾向于选择那些穿西装的人为白人，即使这个人的肤色偏深，或是选择穿工作服的人为黑人。 　　The scientists revealed that perception of race is shaped by prejudices that we already hold - and that racism runs deeper than we think. 　　科学家们说我们所持有的种族的概念已经非常深了，甚至比我们想象的还要深。 　　In the study, conducted by a team of researchers from Tufts University, Stanford University and the University of California, participants, of various races, were shown a series of computerised faces, with different HYPERLINK /hqsj/shbt/2011-09-30/content_3951491.html \t _blank skin colours and clothing. 　　在由塔夫斯大学，斯坦福大学和加利福尼亚大学联合进行研究中，来自不同种族的参与者都被电脑记录了其面貌，尽管他们拥有不同的肤色或是穿着不同的衣服。 　　Some wore business attire and some working overalls - similar to what a caretaker might wear. 　　一些穿着商务装，一些穿着就如那些看门人穿的一样的工作装。 　　Not only were the faces dressed in suits more likely to be seen as white, and those in scruffier clothes black, but even when a white face was dressed down, the volunteers’ hand movements showed that they were at first instinctively drawn to labelling it black. 　　不仅仅是那些穿着西装的人看起来像白人，穿着破烂的像黑人，甚至要是一个白人穿着棕色的衣服，那些志愿者一开始都会将他们认为是黑人。 　　This was recorded by a hand-tracking technique that followed the trajectory of th