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The origins of symbolic racism.
Abstract
The theory of symbolic racism places its origins in a blend of anti-Black affect and conservative values, particularly individualism. We clarify that hypothesis, test it directly, and report several findings consistent with it. Study 1 shows that racial prejudice and general political conservatism fall into 2 separate factors, with symbolic racism loading about equally on both. Study 2 found that the anti-Black affect and individualism significantly explain symbolic racism. The best-fitting model both fuses those 2 elements into a single construct (Black individualism) and includes them separately. The effects of Black individualism on racial policy preferences are mostly mediated by symbolic racism. Study 3 shows that Black individualism is distinctively racial, with effects distinctly different from either an analogous gender individualism or race-neutral individualism.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sears, D. O., & Henry, P. J.
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Published
- 2003-08
- Volume
- 85
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 259-275
- ISSN
- 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1315
- OpenAlex
- W2136077744
- Cited by
- 581
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 43.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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