Escala de racismo moderno: Adaptação ao contexto Brasileiro

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to undertake a non-systematic revision of the bibliography dedicated to the perception. The objective of the present study was to adapt the Scale of Modern Racism to the Brazilian context. Specifically, it was intended to know its construct validity (factorial structure) and reliability (Cronbach's Alpha, α). It consisted of 269 subjects, average 21 years of age (SD = 4.76; ranging from 15 to 38). Most of them were female (73.6%), single (81.8%), and undergraduate students (74%). They answered demographic questions and a set of six measures. Among them was the Modern Racism Scale, which presents two theoretical factors: negation of prejudice and threat for equality principles. The factor analysis performed suggested two factors that together account for 32.4% of the total variance. Coherently, these factors were named as negation of prejudice (α =.71), and affirmation of differences (α =.74). These findings are discussed based on previous studies, it is suggested the possibility of consider a two-factors structure for measuring the modern prejudice on the studied population.