Shocking Racial Attitudes: Black G.I.s in Europe

Schindler, David; Westcott, Mark

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3098282

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“…2 Several recent studies find evidence for a mitigating influence of intergroup contacts on xenophobic attitudes (see e.g. Schindler and Westcott (2021) Czechoslovakia. Furthermore, the government of the GDR imposed tight control over all media.…”

Section: The Role Of Wgtv In East Germanymentioning

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Can television reduce xenophobia? The case of East Germany

Hornuf

Rieger²

2023

Kyklos

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Can television have a mitigating effect on xenophobia? To explore this question, we investigate a natural experiment in which individuals in some regions of East Germany could not—due to their geographic location—consume West German television until 1989. By analyzing survey data from the periods before and after German reunification, we provide evidence that individuals who received West German television during the GDR period and were thus more frequently exposed to foreign media have developed less xenophobia. We document that West German television programs positively affected individuals' attitudes towards foreigners and led to a higher likelihood of supporting refugees, for example by donating money to refugee aid. In addition to the survey evidence, we show that regions that could receive West German television before reunification were less likely to vote for extreme right‐wing parties during the national elections from 1990 to 2017, and experienced fewer criminal offenses against refugees.

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Section: The Role Of Wgtv In East Germanymentioning

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Can television reduce xenophobia? The case of East Germany

Hornuf

Rieger²

2023

Kyklos

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“…If the dependent variable is not distributed properly, outliers may cause estimation errors. In order to verify the robustness of the results, this paper refers to the research method of Schindler and Westcott (2021) to make inverse hyperbolic sine (IHS) transformation for GPA and major. In addition, CET-6 is used as a substitute for CET-4.…”

Section: Change Variable Measurement Indicatorsmentioning

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The Influence of Ethnic Identity on the Academic Performance of Chinese College Students: An Empirical Study Based on the Administrative Data of a University

Wang

2022

REA

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The policy of ethnic equality and solidarity aims to narrow the ethnic gap and develop harmoniously. At the level of higher education, it should promote the equity of ethnic education. This paper uses the administrative data of undergraduate students from 2008 to 2015 in a liberal arts university in southwest China to study the differences, causes and dynamic trends in the scores of college students from different nationalities. The results show that compared with Han students, the average GPA of ethnic minority students is 0.13 points lower (equivalent to 0.23 and 0.3 standard deviations of the scores of ethnic minority and Han students), the fourth grade scores are 0.28 standard deviations lower, and 7.3% lower. This difference is more significant in the western region, especially in Xinjiang, Yunnan, Hubei and other provinces inhabited by ethnic minorities; Kazak and uygur are the nationalities with the biggest gap with han students; The difference between girls is more significant than that between boys. The "peer effect" and cultural distance between roommates are important reasons for this difference. Further analysis shows that although the ethnic differences in academic performance are gradually expanding, the growth rate tends to converge. The above conclusions are helpful to clarify the object and time of making national higher education policy, and also have important reference significance for primary and secondary education.

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“…Second, as envisioned by Myrdal (1944), exposure to Black migrants might have increased whites' awareness of the brutal conditions prevailing in the South, in turn fostering demand for more racial equality. Inter-group contact might have also reduced negative stereotypes and prejudice held by whites, changing their attitudes towards Black Americans (Allport, 1954;Schindler and Westcott, 2020).…”

Section: Unpacking the Channels Behind Whites' Support For Civil Rightsmentioning

confidence: 99%