Wed February 13, 2013 Race & Gender In The Elections: How
Children Are Affected It may be hard to remember, but the 2008
election broke racial and gender norms for politics. With
President Obama, Sarah Palin and Hilary Clinton among the
presidential and vice-presidential candidates in both major
parties, the idea of race and gender was a common discussion.
But what did that election mean to those who didn’t, and
couldn’t vote? On Central Standard, we discuss how children
perceive the impacts of race and gender in that historic
election. We look at a recently published study from the
University of Kansas about what children knew about the
candidates and how it made them view race and gender roles.
Meagan Patterson, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Research
in Education at the University of Kansas, shares the results of
her study.