Abstract
Prejudice is a psychological, cognitive and social phenomenon in which a negative attribution or judgment is directed towards another individual because of his or her belonging to a specific social group. This article presents an experiment that aims to investigate the relations between implicit racism, perspective taking, empathy and contact. Participants (40) wrote a narrative essay about a day in the life of a black and young man portrayed in a photograph. Half of the sample received instructions based on perspective taking-other and the other half received instructions to stay objective and neutral. All participants responded to the Implicit Association Test (IAT) about racism. The results of the IAT showed neutrality in relation to the implicit racism in the studied sample. The analysis of the essays revealed the absence of negative stereotypes, the presence of contents that are part of the lives of the participants.
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