POLISCI 307 Lecture 7: Reading Notes for Second Paper
26 Dec 2019
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White americans high in ethnic identification that non-white racial groups will outnumber. Reminders of the changing racial demographics had comparable effects for democrats and. Results illustrate the importance of changing racial demographics and white ethnic identification in voter preferences and how social psychological theory can illuminate voter preferences. Many white americans in the us view race relations as zero-sum, in which status gains for minorities means status loss for whites and less bias against minorities means more bias against. Social identity theory predicts that people are motivated to maintain a positive social identity, and do so by comparing the status of groups with which they identify to that of other groups. When they feel that their own group"s higher status relative to other groups is unstable or slipping, they experience group status threat, that is, worry that their own group"s status, influence, and position in the hierarchy is under threat. Group status threat predicts increased discrimination against outgroups.
