Alex Czopp

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Have you heard the one about the offensive joke?

There’s no playbook for what to do when faced with this kind of situation, says Alex Czopp, a professor of psychology who has published research on what happens when people speak up about prejudice. “Confrontations are awkward, you are implying . . . that someone has a bias that the vast…

2020-07-24
Whatcom residents describe racism, and how to be an ally

Learning to be an ally is particularly important at a time when FBI crime statistics and several recent surveys have shown that hate crimes …

2020-02-18
How to Respond to an Offensive Comment at Work

Even if you think you would say something in the situation, you may find the reality is different. Research by Alexander Czopp, the director of the Center for Cross-Cultural Research at Western Washington University, and his colleagues show…

2017-02-10
How to be the guy who stops offensive speech (instead of 'egging it on')

So how could Bush have handled it differently? Western Washington University psychology professor Alex Czopp has studied this, and he says there are strategies you can use to push back against people who say something offensive.

"Depending on the…

2016-10-19
Lessons in the Delicate Art of Confronting Offensive Speech

Then the researchers, under the guise of fellow participants, push back. “We confront them in a variety of ways, sometimes harshly – ‘That’s racist!’ – and sometimes much less so, appealing to equality: ‘Shouldn’t…

2016-10-12
Reason and gut instinct: How voters choose candidates

In early 2008, while Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, 85 college students participated in an experiment.

They looked at a person's written endorsement of Clinton, then answered questions about whether the endorser's position…

2012-09-24
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