Compared to college students in previous samples, these participants reported perceiving even stronger threats and experiencing more hostility toward refugees.
This is interesting but also expected because older generations often hold a more conservative view on new things, and older people aimed for stability and peace instead of risky actions.
Altruistic threat (the host nation failing to provide needed support for refugees)
This is interesting because if one place refuse to accept refugees due their worries in failing to provide needed support for refugees, isn't this like an excuse to take responsibility?
Realistic threat (job availability and pay
This is interesting and connect to "The Wretched and The Beautiful." While in this article it presented an idea that refugees might be facing hostility due to their jobs and increase in competition, the narrator of the story said that the aliens are suppose to work for the things they get. Q: Are there any further clarification on this reason for histility toward refugees?
Students who were rated as above-average in appearance earned significantly lower grades in online courses than they did in their traditional classes.
This is interesting, I wonder if this happens around me. This also connects to the. other article about 'civilised' group of people, in social media, people doesn't always have an complete view on other communities, so stereotypes eventually appears. Or maybe they have only encountered negative things about another group of people.
The halo effect allows perceptions of one quality to spill over into biased judgments of other qualities.
This is interesting as it also connect with the two groups of aliens. While the first group of alien is harmless and shows peace, the second group of aliens aim to manipulate people using their appearance. Q: Can we assume that people often use appearance as tool for controlling other's opinion and use it as a way to overturn public opinions?
If a prospective employer views the applicant as attractive or likable, they are more likely to also rate the individual as intelligent, competent, and qualified.
This is interesting because it mean that in most of the companies, its employees or workers aren’t always having deserved position based on their actual power or knowledge. Therefore, even when they believe that they have competence, the reality isn't always true.
one of the most common biases affecting performance appraisals and reviews.
Does this mean that most of the explanation from people about their racial judgements, exclusion, and superiority is mostly based on people's looks or simple characteristics? (e.g. "The Wretched and the Beautiful", The White Man's Burden)
“This type of commentary reflects the pervasive mentality in western journalism of normalizing tragedy in parts of the world such as the Middle East, Africa, south Asia, and Latin America.”
European countries welcoming Ukrainian refugees have previously rejected, demonized, or deported Afghan, Syrian, and African refugees. Now, European media has been normalizing tragedies and also emphasize how Ukrainian worth people's empathy and support only because they look and live similarly with Europeans. Q: Why do people still hold the belief that areas outside of Europe are supposed to be in war?
This is a relatively civilized, relatively European
Why does D'Agata default to European as civilized?
“This type of commentary reflects the pervasive mentality in western journalism of normalizing tragedy in parts of the world such as the Middle East, Africa, south Asia, and Latin America.”
This reflects how wars in places outside of Europe have been treated as solely background noise in European media.
If our sympathy is activated only for welcoming people who look like us or pray like us, then we are doomed to replicate the very sort of narrow, ignorant nationalism that war promotes in the first place.
Humanity should not be constrained by an simple judgement on ethnicity or superficial similarities.
This is a relatively civilized, relatively European
The word civilized used to describe Ukraine implies that war is expected only in uncivilized or impoverished places.