Antiblack affect is a consistent, stable engine of symbolic racism across studies

Evidence

Hypothesis 3 suggests that symbolic racism originates in a blend of antiblack affect with the perception that blacks violate traditional nonracial values, which we measure here with scales of individualism, morality, and authoritarianism. In two respects the data are quite consistent with this hypothesis. The overall model accounts for a considerable amount of variance, ranging from 34% to 37% across the four studies, as shown in Table 20.5. This parallelism in r-square across the four studies is striking given the considerable differences in model specification, and in measurement of both the predictors and symbolic racism. … Second, antiblack affect has consistent effects throughout (whether measured directly through the black thermometer, or indirectly through antiblack stereotypes). Its bivariate correlations average .28, and its regression coefficients are significant in each study. So the racial affect piece of the puzzle appears to be in place. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3675

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Antiblack predispositions persist through slow socialization change — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 3599