HHS gives New York University $ 40,000 to study why children "prefer whites and masculineness"

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The U.S. Department of Health and Welfare (HHS) told researchers at New York University (NYU)about "why children prefer whiteness and masculineness over other identities." We have awarded over $ 40,000 to carry out the study. ..

A project entitled "Social Assumptions on Typical Personality and Its Impact on Reasoning Development" is a developmental process in which children acquire the belief that "white men represent the default person." We aim to clarify. This is the prevailing male-centric (centered on male experience) and ethnocent in the United States, according to the outline of thegrant in USASpending.gov. Rhythm (mainly Caucasian experience) ideology.

HHS totals $ 40,391 for a three-year project starting in February and ending on January 31, 2025.NYU was awarded.

United States The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has awarded New York University more than tens of thousands of dollars (NYU) Researchers study why children "prefer whites and masculine over other identities." (Photo by Mark Wilson / Getty Images)

"Despite the rise of the country and the diversity of races and genders, white men are in the United States. It is highly overrated in many domains, from the media to politics and clinical research, "said the project's description. "Such overexpression poses serious costs to other people in society, including women of all races, men of color, and individuals of gender incompatibility. In particular, clinical trials have historically been white. Men in the realm of health who have prioritized their experience, perspective and health outcomes. ”

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NYU researcherssaid that children's default people's expressions "begin to favor whiteness and masculineness over other identities" and "development. Study "trajectory". 

New York University (NYU) Flag 2020 Flying outside the Covid-19 test tent outside NYU Business School in New York City on August 25, 2014. (Photo by Spencer Platt / Getty Images)

"Toddlers actively build knowledge to understand the social environment. Of this process As part, children absorb complexities. The flow of information from surrounding sources, including parents, peers, and a wider range of social institutions (such as the media). " "Therefore, the beliefs that children acquire tend to reflect the dominant ideology embedded in a particular cultural context. In the United States, masculineism and ethnocentrism have two such ideologies.

Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Welfare (HHS), Tuesday, June 28, 2022, will speak at a news conference at HHS Headquarters in Washington, D.C., USA.  (Photographer: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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The grant was awarded as part of a program by the National Institute. Health (NIH) states, "Promising doctoral students will be able to receive supervised research training while conducting treatise research. The purpose of the training grant is ultimately for post-doctoral students. It's about helping you acquire the research skills you need to become an independent researcher, "NIH told FoxNews Digital. statement.

"As part of the dissertation research program for this particular training grant, researchers have found that children look like a typical person, and how this view evolves and changes. Since I was a kid, I've been developing research to evaluate how to form ideas and assumptions about what to do. " "This study addresses the trajectory of a child's belief development, which tends to choose whites and masculine over other identities when considering who represents a typical person. Whether this belief is established early in development, or those who are typical of children's expressions, first reflect their gender bias (that is, girls prefer women, boys prefer men). , Then may shift to middle age. "