Group Status Drives Majority and Minority Integration Preferences

Hehman, Eric; Gaertner, Samuel L.; Dovidio, John F.; Mania, Eric W.; Guerra, Rita; Wilson, David C.; Friel, Brian

doi:10.1177/0956797611423547

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“…In studying this effect, researchers found that highly identified group members had the largest recognition advantage for ingroup compared to outgroup faces. Moreover, this memory advantage for ingroup members can override racial biases in memory-producing better memory for ingroup members, regardless of their race (Hehman et al, 2012;. These and other studies confirmed that social identities drive face recognition and memory.…”

Section: Face Perceptionsupporting

confidence: 72%

Perceiving the World Through Group-Colored Glasses: A Perceptual Model of Intergroup Relations

Xiao

Coppin

Bavel

2016

Psychological Inquiry

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Section: Face Perceptionsupporting

confidence: 72%

Perceiving the World Through Group-Colored Glasses: A Perceptual Model of Intergroup Relations

Xiao

Coppin

Bavel

2016

Psychological Inquiry

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“…However, because majority groups tend to prefer a one-group assimilationist model, whereas minorities tend to favor multiculturalism/integration (e.g., Dovidio, et al, 2001;Glasford & Dovidio, 2011;Verkuyten, 2006), we expect that one-group and not dual-identity representation will be the underlying mechanism that accounts for the positive effects of perceived identity and functional indispensability among native Portuguese. That is, we expect that high perceived indispensability of immigrants will trigger the representation that most effectively promotes the majority group's integration goals, that is, assimilationist model (Hehman et al, 2012). This more inclusive one-group representation will then relate to more positive attitudes.…”

Section: Present Researchmentioning

confidence: 96%

Do we need them? When immigrant communities are perceived as indispensable to national identity or functioning of the host society

Guerra

Gaertner

António

et al. 2015

Euro J Social Psych

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This study proposed a new perspective to look at the consequences of the formation of immigrant communities in globalized societies, by investigating the impact of two forms of group indispensability on majority attitudes towards immigrants. Specifically, it explored whether perceived indispensability of different immigrant groups to the national identity and their contributions to the functioning of the host society are related to the development of more positive attitudes towards them. We also explored whether such effects would be mediated by the inclusion of immigrants within the national common identity and whether these effects would be stronger among host country members with a stronger civic than ethnic conception of national citizenship. Results supported these predictions among a sample of native Portuguese citizens (N = 118). As predicted, these effects were driven by perceptions of different types of indispensability for three immigrant groups in Portugal, who differed in their historical relations with the host society.'U.S. desperately needs immigrants and a strategy to get the right ones '-(Forbes, 2012) In 2013, the International Organization for Migration (2013) showed that the number of international migrants worldwide reached 232 million and argued that as globalization increased, migration became one of the key challenges of the 21st century (International Organization for Migration, 2013). There is some consensus that globalization (and its consequent changes in global production, innovation and technology) is a significant force increasing the demand for the international movement of workers. Indeed, world migration trends are changing, and new immigrant communities are becoming increasingly diverse and fluid, as people move with greater frequency over greater distances. These changes in migration patterns are found in several European countries that traditionally have been culturally and ethnically homogeneous. With globalization, these countries (e. g., Italy, Germany) are becoming increasingly diverse. This increased diversity poses several challenges to host societies, including how to successfully integrate culturally, linguistically, and religiously diverse migrants into the host society, and how to address questions about their rights to citizenship.Social psychological research shows variability in reactions to the increased flow of people from foreign cultures, depending upon, for example, a citizen's political ideology (Schwartz, Vignoles, Brown, & Zagefka, 2014), the perceived threat to the national identity (Louis, Esses, & Lalonde, 2013), and the degree of perceived competition for resources posed by immigrants (Esses, Brochu, & Dickson, 2012). Furthermore, research about the consequences of integrating immigrant communities has focused on either (i) the perspective of immigrants, such as how acculturation orientations relate to their psychological well-being (e.g., Celenk & van de Vijver, 2014), or (ii) the perspective of the host society, such as their perceptions ...

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“…Specifically, psychological phenomena frequently differ across majority-minority group boundaries (e.g., Hehman et al, 2012), and for racial minorities, negative perceptions of the outgroup (e.g., perceived discrimination by the outgroup) have been shown to buffer against race-based stress (Crocker and Major, 1989;Sellers and Shelton, 2003). On the other hand, research has shown that Blacks who harbor negative attitudes towards Whites are more likely to appraise ambiguous events as discriminatory (Johnson and Lecci, 2003), and perceptions of discrimination are related to heightened anger (Meyer and Baker, 2010) -a strong risk factor for circulatory-related diseases (for a meta-analysis, see Chida and Steptoe, 2009).…”

Section: The Link Between Bias and Ingroup Health For Blacksmentioning

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Racial bias is associated with ingroup death rate for Blacks and Whites: Insights from Project Implicit

Leitner

Hehman

Ayduk

et al. 2016

Social Science & Medicine

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a b s t r a c tRationale: Research suggests that, among Whites, racial bias predicts negative ingroup health outcomes. However, little is known about whether racial bias predicts ingroup health outcomes among minority populations. Objective: The aim of the current research was to understand whether racial bias predicts negative ingroup health outcomes for Blacks. Method: We compiled racial bias responses from 250,665 Blacks and 1,391,632 Whites to generate county-level estimates of Blacks' and Whites' implicit and explicit biases towards each other. We then examined the degree to which these biases predicted ingroup death rate from circulatory-related diseases. Results: In counties where Blacks harbored more implicit bias towards Whites, Blacks died at a higher rate. Additionally, consistent with previous research, in counties where Whites harbored more explicit bias towards Blacks, Whites died at a higher rate. These links between racial bias and ingroup death rate were independent of county-level socio-demographic characteristics, and racial biases from the outgroup in the same county. Conclusion: Findings indicate that racial bias is related to negative ingroup health outcomes for both Blacks and Whites, though this relationship is driven by implicit bias for Blacks, and explicit bias for Whites.

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Group Status Drives Majority and Minority Integration Preferences

Cited by 67 publications

References 18 publications

Perceiving the World Through Group-Colored Glasses: A Perceptual Model of Intergroup Relations

Perceiving the World Through Group-Colored Glasses: A Perceptual Model of Intergroup Relations

Do we need them? When immigrant communities are perceived as indispensable to national identity or functioning of the host society

Racial bias is associated with ingroup death rate for Blacks and Whites: Insights from Project Implicit

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