Priming Racial Resentment without Stereotypic Cues

Stephens-Dougan, LaFleur

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“…White racial attitudes have been the focus of a robust literature for many decades (Bobo and Hutchings 1996; Kinder and Sears 1981; Schuman et al. 1997; Stephens‐Dougan 2016; Tesler 2012).…”

Section: Racial Attitudes the White Working Class And The Developmementioning

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Labor Unions and White Racial Politics

Frymer

Grumbach

2020

American J Political Sci

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Scholars and political observers point to declining labor unions, on the one hand, and rising white identity politics, on the other, as profound changes in American politics. However, there has been little attention given to the potential feedback between these forces. In this article, we investigate the role of union membership in shaping white racial attitudes. We draw upon research in history and American political development to generate a theory of interracial labor politics, in which union membership reduces racial resentment. Cross‐sectional analyses consistently show that white union members have lower racial resentment and greater support for policies that benefit African Americans. More importantly, our panel analysis suggests that gaining union membership between 2010 and 2016 reduced racial resentment among white workers. The findings highlight the important role of labor unions in mass politics and, more broadly, the importance of organizational membership for political attitudes and behavior.

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Section: Racial Attitudes the White Working Class And The Developmementioning

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Labor Unions and White Racial Politics

Frymer

Grumbach

2020

American J Political Sci

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“…Scholars uncovered the substantial effects of implicit and explicit racial attitudes on individual judgments of and reactions to the political world long before Obama erupted onto the political stage (Huddy & Feldman, 2009; Krysan, 2000). Furthermore, elites have effectively employed implicit racial cues as part of a political strategy (Edsall & Edsall, 1992; Jamieson, 1993; Mendelberg, 1997) to sway White voters’ evaluations of even White candidates in previous elections (Stephens-Dougan, 2016; Valentino, Hutchings, & White, 2002). Finally, direct comparisons of the 2008 and 1988 elections reveal much more stability than change when it comes to Whites’ racial attitudes (Hutchings, 2009).…”

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The Increasing Racialization of American Electoral Politics, 1988-2016

Enders

Scott

2018

American Politics Research

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In this article, we examine the relationship between racial resentment and a host of political attitudes, predispositions, and behaviors across 28 years and 7 presidential elections. We find, contrary to the suggestions of recent work of the role of race in the Obama era, that the racialization of seemingly nonracial political issues began many years before the debut of Barack Obama and extends beyond his presidency. More specifically, we find, controlling for other factors, that the relationships between racial resentment and partisan and ideological self-identifications, evaluations of the major party presidential candidates, and attitudes about health insurance and governmental services have strengthened each subsequent year beginning in 1988 through 2016. This trend reflects the growing extent to which racial considerations are brought to bear on individual evaluations of and orientations toward the political world.

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“…Existing studies on candidate evaluation have made various claims on how White voters’ racial attitudes may affect their evaluations of minority candidates (Citrin, Green, & Sears, ; Highton, ; Stephens‐Dougan, ; Weaver, ). Focusing on African American candidates, earlier studies have found that White voters’ reluctance to vote for Black candidates stems from their anti‐Black affect (e.g., Moskowitz & Stroh, ; Reeves, ).…”

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“…Recent studies have painted a more complicated picture and have shown that White voters do not always harbor negative feelings against Black candidates (Highton, ). Rather, the effect of candidate race tends to vary by factors with suggestive racial implications such as candidates’ skin tone (Terkildsen, ; Weaver, ), their presumed relationship with Black constituents (Stephens‐Dougan, ), or the presence of a party cue (Terkildsen, ).…”

Section: Evaluating Asian American Candidatesmentioning

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“…Racial priming theory predicts that Whites tend to reject explicit racial cues against Blacks because responding negatively to Black cues works against the American egalitarian ideals (Mendelberg, ); rather, it is the implicit cues such as racially coded words or imagery that may activate negative racial stereotypes and attitudes against minority candidates. Following racial priming theory, researchers have employed subtle racial cues that prime Whites’ racialized thoughts without explicit negative stereotypes (e.g., Stephens‐Dougan, ; Weaver, ).…”

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From hierarchy to rivalry: Asian candidate evaluation in changing racial contexts

2019

Asian J of Social Psycho

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Existing studies on candidate evaluation have posited that racial cues would invoke negative attitudes toward outgroups, thus lowering support for minority candidates. However, recent studies have found that even implicit racial cues show no negative effect but actually work positively in favor of the minority candidates. In this study, I explore this puzzle by setting up a survey experiment that pairs an Asian candidate against competitors with varying racial backgrounds. Consistent with the existing evidence, I found that White voters tend to support an Asian candidate to a greater degree than a co-ethnic, White competitor. However, departing from the previous studies that have explained this tendency as a reward for model minority, I argue that such a pattern is associated with reaffirming Whites' ingroup identity in a racial hierarchy by compensating minorities. When the apparent racial hierarchy-White versus non-White -is replaced with a minority-only context, Whites no longer need to favor an Asian candidate and divide their support more evenly to the two minority candidates. I further show that this tendency is moderated by the intensity of their ingroup attitudes.

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Priming Racial Resentment without Stereotypic Cues

Cited by 30 publications

References 25 publications

Labor Unions and White Racial Politics

Labor Unions and White Racial Politics

The Increasing Racialization of American Electoral Politics, 1988-2016

From hierarchy to rivalry: Asian candidate evaluation in changing racial contexts

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