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The Role of Fear in Power Dynamics
The research on stereotype threat basically says that if I am a person who I know is negatively stereotyped against in a space and I am asked to do a task that falls into what I know I am not expected to do well. If I am observed by whoever seems to be the power holder in that situation I am not going to do well right? Fear can artificially cause me to look less powerful and less capable than I really am, she said.