I wonder just how valid this methodology is, since when did everyone find Chinese neutral? Even if perhaps they once did is that still true today with economic competition being what it is? The boys over at Stormfront certainly aren’t “neutral” towards the Chinese and neither are many of those whose jobs have been outsourced probably.

The same respondents were also administered a survey designed to measure implicit racism, in which a photo of a black, Hispanic or white male flashed on the screen before a neutral image of a Chinese character. The respondents were then asked to rate their feelings toward the Chinese character. Previous research has shown that people transfer their feelings about the photo onto the character, allowing researchers to measure racist feelings even if a respondent does not acknowledge them.