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Men with 'black' names imagined as large, violent, UCLA study finds
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Oct 7, 2015
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Men with 'black' names imagined as large, violent, UCLA study finds
Men with black-sounding names, such as Jamal or Deshawn, are imagined as physically larger and more violent, a new UCLA study has found.
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Men with black-sounding names, such as Jamal or Deshawn, are imagined as physically larger and more violent, a new UCLA study has found.

Men with "black"-sounding names, such as Jamal or Deshawn, are imagined as physically large and more violent, a new UCLA study has found.

The study was  published Wednesday in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior. Lead author and UCLA anthropologist Colin Holbrook joins the show to tell more about the findings.