{"id":3580,"date":"2009-05-13T10:53:40","date_gmt":"2009-05-13T14:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/?p=3580"},"modified":"2009-05-13T10:53:40","modified_gmt":"2009-05-13T14:53:40","slug":"is-this-baby-a-future-ceoyes-if-by-future-you-mean-the-beginning-of-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/?p=3580","title":{"rendered":"Is This Baby a Future CEO?Yes, If By “Future” You Mean the Beginning of Next Week."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cbdf_black_baby_jpeg\"Just when you thought that the dreamlike logic of white supremacy couldn\u2019t produce any further absurdities, the Caucasians drag another one out of the cornfield: According to the Associated Press<\/a>, a study, conducted by Northwestern University\u2019s Kellogg School of Management, to be published in the September edition of the journal, Psychological Science<\/em>, has concluded that<\/p>\n

Black Fortune 500 CEOs with a \u201cbabyface\u201d appearance are more likely to \"0508ceo1\"<\/span>lead companies with higher revenues and prestige than Black CEOs who look more mature, an upcoming study says.<\/p>\n

In contrast with research showing that white executives are hindered by babyface characteristics, a disarming appearance can help Black CEOs by counteracting the stigma that Black men are threatening\u2026.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As the AP notes,<\/p>\n

A babyface is characterized by combinations <\/span>\"stanoneal\"of attributes, including a round face, full cheeks, larger forehead, small nose, large ears and full lips, the study says.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You know: The kind of visage typified by folks like American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault, above; E. Stanley O\u2019Neal, right, former CEO of Merrill Lynch; almost everybody in this 2005 list of Black CEOs<\/a>; or by this famed board chairman, after the jump:<\/p>\n

\"Uncle<\/p>\n

Robert Livingston, who is a co-author of the study and an assistant professor of organizations and management at Kellogg, says<\/p>\n

the study indicates that “disarming” characteristics, which have been shown to hinder white executives, can help black leaders.<\/p>\n

“Physical appearance, how you behave, having mixed-race parents \u2014 anything that conveys to whites ‘I’m not the typical black man’ can be helpful,” Livingston said.<\/p>\n

That leads to the idea that black executives face a double standard, he said.<\/p>\n

“If you’re a white male, you can exhibit anger, pound your fist, make ultimatums … African-Americans have to adopt a kinder, gentler style of leadership,” Livingston said. “The same sorts of behaviors that are effective for white males can’t be utilized effectively by black males.”<\/p>\n

Livingston said his conclusion is not that babyface black CEOs reached the pinnacle of success because of their looks: “I’m saying that African-American leaders have to adopt certain qualities or behaviors that make them appear less threatening … a babyface gives a certain perception that they’re docile.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"barackobama\"Physical appearance. How you behave. Having mixed-race parents. A kinder, gentler style of leadership.<\/p>\n

Hmmm.<\/p>\n

Sound like anybody you know?<\/p>\n

[via allaboutrace.com<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just when you thought that the dreamlike logic of white supremacy couldn\u2019t produce any further absurdities, the Caucasians drag another one out of the cornfield: According to the Associated Press, a study, conducted by Northwestern University\u2019s Kellogg School of Management, to be published in the September edition of the journal, Psychological Science, has concluded that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[77,45,9,20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3580"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3580"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3623,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3580\/revisions\/3623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}