Perceived racial discrimination, racial resentment, and support for affirmative action and preferential hiring and promotion: a multi-racial analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Maruice Mangum ◽  
Ray Block
Keyword(s):  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Racial Resentment ◽  
Preferential Hiring ◽  
Perceived Racial Discrimination

Entitlement and Perceived Racial Discrimination: The Missing Links to White Opinions Toward Affirmative Action and Preferential Hiring and Promotion

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 415-442
Author(s):  
Maruice Mangum ◽  
LaTasha DeHaan
Keyword(s):  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Conflict Theory ◽  
White Americans ◽  
National Politics ◽  
Racial Resentment ◽  
Preferential Hiring ◽  
Realistic Group Conflict Theory ◽  
Group Conflict Theory ◽  
Using Data

This article seeks to explain why some White Americans support affirmative action while others do not. Much of what has been written on White opinions on affirmative action is from an oppositional lens. This analysis seeks to add balance to the ways political science understands White opinions toward affirmative action. In so doing, this study identifies correlates of support for affirmative action not just rationales for opposition. Unlike most studies that examine White opinions by testing one or two theories, we examine the determinants of White opinions by testing several theories and hypotheses simultaneously (stereotypes, racial discrimination, racial resentment, and realistic group conflict theory). Using data taken from the 2004-2005 National Politics Study, we find that many Whites support affirmative action to combat racial discrimination experienced by racial minorities. However, we also find that many of them oppose affirmative action due to a sense of entitlement.

White Americans’ Opposition to Affirmative Action, Revisited: New Racism, Principled Objections, or Both?

2021 ◽  
pp. 232949652110246
Author(s):  
Matthew O. Hunt ◽  
Ryan A. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Affirmative Action ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
First Century ◽  
White Americans ◽  
Short Article ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Mixed Support ◽  
Primary Determinant ◽  
Preferential Hiring ◽  
Key Aspects

In this short article, we provide an update and extension of Thomas C. Wilson’s study, “Whites’ Opposition to Affirmative Action: Rejection of Group-based Preferences as well as Rejection of Blacks.” Wilson drew on data from the 1996 General Social Survey (GSS) to revisit a long-standing debate in the racial attitudes literature concerning whether anti-black prejudice (e.g., “new racism”) or ostensibly race-neutral opposition to group-based policies generally (i.e., “principled objections”) is the primary determinant of whites’ opposition to affirmative action in the form of “preferential hiring and promotion for blacks.” We analyze data from the 2000–2018 GSS to replicate and extend key aspects of Wilson’s work. As in the prior study, we find mixed support for the new racism and principled objections perspectives, providing an important update on white Americans’ beliefs about affirmative action for the twenty-first century.

Perceived Racial Discrimination in the Pregnant African American Population

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan R. Mileski ◽  
Maria R. Shirey ◽  
Patricia A. Patrician ◽  
Gwendolyn Childs
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
American Population ◽  
African American Population ◽  
Perceived Racial Discrimination

scholarly journals Longitudinal Mechanisms Linking Perceived Racial Discrimination to Aggressive Delinquency among North American Indigenous Youth

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 694-735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dane Hautala ◽  
Kelley Sittner
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
First Nations ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
North American ◽  
Indigenous Youth ◽  
Peer Associations ◽  
School Bonds ◽  
Delinquent Peer ◽  
Perceived Racial Discrimination

Objectives: Drawing from an integrated general strain theory framework, the purpose of the study is to examine the longitudinal mediating and moderating mechanisms linking perceived racial discrimination with aggressive delinquency among North American Indigenous (i.e., American Indian and Canadian First Nations) youth. Method: Data come from an eight-year longitudinal study of Indigenous youth residing on reservations/reserves in the upper Midwest and Canada ( N = 659). Scales were created for discrimination, depressive symptoms, school bonds, and delinquent peer associations at years 2 and 3, and a count measure of aggression was created at years 2, 3, and 5. Cross-lagged path analysis models were estimated to examine possible mediating effects of depressive symptoms, school bonds, and delinquent peer associations. Separate regression models were examined to test for possible moderating effects of the aforementioned variables. Results: The results of a longitudinal path analysis model showed that discrimination indirectly increased aggression through decreased school bonds and increased delinquent peer associations. Depressive symptoms was the only significant moderator, and contrary to expectations, the effect of discrimination on aggression declined in magnitude as depressive symptoms increased. Conclusions: Discrimination is a key criminogenic stressor among Indigenous youth and is linked with multiple adverse outcomes through the adolescent years.

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