PILOT SPIN
Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Jaybird180 on November 20, 2015, 08:50:50 AM
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http://madamenoire.com/108481/study-finds-that-blacks-with-strong-racial-identity-are-happier/ (http://madamenoire.com/108481/study-finds-that-blacks-with-strong-racial-identity-are-happier/)
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Black people who identify more strongly with their racial identity are generally happier, according to a study led by psychology researchers at Michigan State University. The study, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, appears in the current issue of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, a research journal published by the American Psychological Association.
“This is the first empirical study we know of that shows a relationship between racial identity and happiness,” said Stevie C.Y. Yap, doctoral candidate in psychology at MSU and lead researcher on the project. Previous research has found a relationship between racial identity and favorable outcomes such as self-esteem, Yap said, but none has made the link with happiness.
For the study, the researchers surveyed black adults in Michigan. The results suggest the more the participants identified with being black – or the more being black was an important part of who they are – the more happy they were with life as a whole, Yap said.
The study also explored the reasons behind the connection. Yap said it may be fueled by a sense of belongingness – that is, blacks with a strong sense of racial identity may feel more connected to their racial group, which in turn makes them happy.
This sense of belongingness is especially important for happiness in women, Yap said. “For men, the potential fa tors relating identity to happiness is still an open question,” he said. Yap’s fellow researchers are Isis Settles, MSU associate professor of psychology, and Jennifer Pratt-Hyatt, assistant professor of psychology at Northwest Missouri State University.
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Glad I no longer have to worry about my white privilege and white guilt. I'm a happy cracker!!
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Glad I no longer have to worry about my white privilege and white guilt. I'm a happy cracker!!
Ahhhh, no. If you are a white male, you are guilty of many sins. Repent, I tell you, repent!
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http://madamenoire.com/108481/study-finds-that-blacks-with-strong-racial-identity-are-happier/ (http://madamenoire.com/108481/study-finds-that-blacks-with-strong-racial-identity-are-happier/)
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Black people who identify more strongly with their racial identity are generally happier, according to a study led by psychology researchers at Michigan State University. The study, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, appears in the current issue of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, a research journal published by the American Psychological Association.
“This is the first empirical study we know of that shows a relationship between racial identity and happiness,” said Stevie C.Y. Yap, doctoral candidate in psychology at MSU and lead researcher on the project. Previous research has found a relationship between racial identity and favorable outcomes such as self-esteem, Yap said, but none has made the link with happiness.
For the study, the researchers surveyed black adults in Michigan. The results suggest the more the participants identified with being black – or the more being black was an important part of who they are – the more happy they were with life as a whole, Yap said.
The study also explored the reasons behind the connection. Yap said it may be fueled by a sense of belongingness – that is, blacks with a strong sense of racial identity may feel more connected to their racial group, which in turn makes them happy.
This sense of belongingness is especially important for happiness in women, Yap said. “For men, the potential fa tors relating identity to happiness is still an open question,” he said. Yap’s fellow researchers are Isis Settles, MSU associate professor of psychology, and Jennifer Pratt-Hyatt, assistant professor of psychology at Northwest Missouri State University.
So doesn't that smack just a little bit of racism?
If not, does it reject the notion that liberals have that they should be ashamed of being white?
Personally, I am very happy that blacks are happiest when they identify as black. That is as it should be. But it should be that way for everyone.
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Maybe they are happy because they think they have the right to drown out grade school children at the Milwaukee Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony, because, you know, black lives matter.
http://m.wisn.com/news/protesters-interrupt-milwaukee-citycounty-treelighting-ceremony/36553418
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It would appear that they are most happy then they are ranting hypocrisy and shouting stupidity, while acting the opposite of what the protesters claim to support.
Black Lives Matter is a particularly pathetic joke.