In a study of the effects of a negative stereotype on college students' standardized test performances,similar results were found for both African-American and Caucasian students.

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Research on stereotype threat, particularly by Claude Steele and Joshua Aronson, has shown that African-American students tend to perform worse on standardized tests when they are reminded of negative stereotypes about their racial group, whereas Caucasian students are generally not affected in the same way.

In a Study of the Effects of a Negative Stereotype