The purpose of this report was to examine the frequency of photographs of racial minorities in 1985-1986 introductory psychology texts. Results showed that Whites were overrepresented in the texts and that racial minorities were underrepresented, even when crosscultural photographs were included. The results of this report suggested that many texts do not reflect, as one might expect, the racial diversity of the United States.
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