Does Shared Social Disadvantage Cause Black–Latino Political Commonality?

Israel-Trummel, Mackenzie; Schachter, Ariela

doi:10.1017/xps.2018.15

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“…Group conflict theory ascribes this bi-directional hostility to the hierarchical nature of competition among racial groups in the US: while whites dominate status quo institutions, Latinos and African Americans frequently find themselves in zero-sum struggles over the limited political power, status, and resources not controlled by whites (Bobo & Hutchings, 1996; Hutchings & Wong, 2014; Sears & Savalei, 2006; Wilkinson, 2014). As Wodtke (2012) observes, racial groups are stratified economically, politically, and socially, with Asians and Latinos occupying an intermediate space and fearing that they could be displaced by African-American gains (84; see also Bobo, 1983; Bobo & Hutchings, 1996; Gay, 2016; Hutchings & Valentino, 2004; Israel-Trummel & Shachter, 2019; Sidanius & Pratto, 1999).…”

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Race, Racial Negativity, and Competing Conceptions of American National Identity

Graeber

Setzler

2020

American Politics Research

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This study explores differences among African Americans, Latinos, and whites regarding which attributes are most important to being truly American and how these competing conceptions relate to an individual’s level of racial animus toward African Americans. Using nationally representative survey data, we first find that Americans of different races vary across six different components of national identity and do so in ways consistent with theorizing on symbolic racism and inter-group conflict. Specifically, Americans place more importance on those components shared with indivduals of the same race. We then analyze how these differing beliefs about national identity influence racial animus. Here, we find robust evidence that individuals who prioritize the ascriptive, exclusive elements of national identity are more racist, while individuals who embrace its most inclusive element are less so. Finally, we reveal that the relationship between conceptions of national identity and racism is moderated substantially by race, and this robust relationship for whites and Latinos is virtually identical.

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Race, Racial Negativity, and Competing Conceptions of American National Identity

Graeber

Setzler

2020

American Politics Research

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“…Indeed, the growing body of literature on Latino politics has explored opportunities for coalition-building between Blacks and Latinos. As perceptions of commonality are central to the formation of multiracial political coalitions (Wallsten and Nteta 2017), scholars discover that factors such as intragroup-linked fate, pan-ethnic identity or superordinary community identity, experiences or awareness of discrimination, acculturation, and environmental contexts are important predictors for Black-Brown attitudes (Corral 2020;Gomez-Aguinaga et al 2021;Israel-Trummel and Schachter 2019;Jones-Correa et al 2016;Kaufmann 2003;Martinez-Ebers et al 2021;McClain et al 2009;Sanchez 2008;Wilkinson 2014). When it comes to Asian Americans' intergroup commonality, there is a small amount of meaningful qualitative work that examines possibilities and challenges in Asian American collaborations with other groups of color in California (Hope 2019;Johnson 2004;Kim and Lee 2001;Okamoto and Gast 2013;Ramakrishnan 2014).…”

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Asian Americans’ Perception of Intergroup Commonality with Blacks and Latinos: The Roles of Group Consciousness, Ethnic Identity, and Intergroup Contact

Park

2021

Social Sciences

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This study explores the factors that influence Asian Americans’ perception of interracial commonality with Blacks and Latinos. Using the 2018 Civic Engagement and Political Participation of Asian Americans Survey, this research tests a model of competing theoretical explanations for Asian Americans’ intergroup commonality: group consciousness, group identity, views of discrimination, and intergroup contact. Results from ordered logistic regression analyses suggest that group consciousness, ethnic identity, and intergroup contact via friendship are robust predictors of Asian Americans’ feelings of closeness to Blacks and Latinos. However, Asian Americans’ perceptions of discrimination are unlikely to result in higher levels of the perceived commonality with outgroups. This study provides a valuable addition to the existing literature on interminority relations by identifying opportunities for Asian Americans to join cross-racial alliances. The conclusion of the article points to the important role that community-based organizations can play in bringing specific Asian American ethnic groups into such coalitions and promoting direct interactions between Asian Americans and other racial groups.

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Responsiveness to Coethnics and Cominorities: Evidence from an Audit Experiment of State Legislators

Rivera-Burgos,

Rubio

2023

J. Race Ethnicity Politics

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How do legislators respond to coethnic and cominority constituents? We conduct an audit study of all state legislators to explore white legislators’ responsiveness to different minority groups and minority group legislators’ responsiveness to each other. Black and Latino Americans currently make up about one-third of the overall U.S. population and an even larger share of some state populations. In light of this growing diversification of the American electorate, legislators may have incentives to appeal to a broad racial constituency. In our experiment, state legislators are randomly assigned to receive an email from a white, Black, or Latino constituent. Our findings suggest a lack of legislators’ discrimination, on average, against Black relative to white constituents. Instead, we find that all legislators, on average, respond more to both white and Black constituents relative to Latinos. The evidence suggests that Black legislators do not exhibit coethnic solidarity toward their Black constituents or cominority solidarity toward their Latino constituents; however, Latinos do exhibit coethnic and cominority solidarity (though there are too few Latino legislators to definitively establish this claim). We also estimate effects among white legislators by party and racial composition of districts in order to provide suggestive evidence for white legislators’ intrinsic vs. strategic motivations.

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Does Shared Social Disadvantage Cause Black–Latino Political Commonality?

Cited by 6 publications

References 19 publications

Race, Racial Negativity, and Competing Conceptions of American National Identity

Race, Racial Negativity, and Competing Conceptions of American National Identity

Asian Americans’ Perception of Intergroup Commonality with Blacks and Latinos: The Roles of Group Consciousness, Ethnic Identity, and Intergroup Contact

Responsiveness to Coethnics and Cominorities: Evidence from an Audit Experiment of State Legislators

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