Demographic shift reminders backfire among low-identification Whites, shrinking Trump support.

Evidence

Among Whites low in ethnic identification, in contrast, the racial shift condition had no effect on group status threat or support for anti-immigrant policies, but did cause decreased positivity toward Trump and decreased opposition to political correctness. — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 5

Categorization

• XREF: Illuminating asymmetry for the threatened-privilege generalizability question: same stimulus, opposite direction depending on identity centrality. — connects to: Perceived racial demographic shift may push White Americans toward conservatism. — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 1; Perceived racial demographic shifts cause a conservative shift in White Americans through group-status threat. — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 8; Perceived racial demographic shift raises White group status threat that drives Trump support. — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity: Why…, 5 (+9 more)

Related

• Low-identification Whites show a puzzling backlash AGAINST Trump under racial-shift framing. (similarity 0.94)
• Racial demographic shift threatens Whites only when they identify strongly with their ethnic group. (similarity 0.93)
• Racial-shift reminders shift highly identified Whites toward Trump and against Sanders via status threat. (similarity 0.93)
• Perceived racial demographic shift raises White group status threat that drives Trump support. (similarity 0.92)
• Ethnic identification, not party affiliation, moderates Whites’ threat response. (similarity 0.89)
• Shrinking numerical majority makes White identity salient and politically mobilizing (similarity 0.89)
• Ethnic identification amplifies white support for anti-immigrant policies under diversity threat cues (similarity 0.88)
• Status threat from diversity shifts whites rightward regardless of party affiliation. (similarity 0.87)
• Perceived racial demographic shift may push White Americans toward conservatism. (similarity 0.86)
• Antidiversity rhetoric attracts status-threatened Whites toward the most extreme candidate (similarity 0.86)
• Racial status threat may drive conservative shifts even among minorities (similarity 0.86)
• Exposure to information about racial demographic change raises Whites’ status threat and conservatism (similarity 0.85)
• Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich — The threat of increasing diversity Why many White Americans support Trump in the 2016 presidential election (similarity 0.84)
• Perceived racial demographic shifts cause a conservative shift in White Americans through group-status threat. (similarity 0.84)
• Reminding White Americans of shifting racial demographics raises their group status threat. (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Low-identification Whites show a puzzling backlash AGAINST Trump under racial-shift framing. #corroborates (0.95) — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 56
• Racial-shift reminders shift highly identified Whites toward Trump and against Sanders via status threat. #qualifies (0.90) — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 53
• Ethnic identification, not party affiliation, moderates Whites’ threat response. #qualifies (0.85) — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 21
• Exposure to information about racial demographic change raises Whites’ status threat and conservatism #qualifies (0.80) — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 16
• Reminding White Americans of shifting racial demographics raises their group status threat. #qualifies (0.80) — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 36
• Ethnic identification amplifies white support for anti-immigrant policies under diversity threat cues #qualifies (0.80) — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 48
• Shrinking numerical majority makes White identity salient and politically mobilizing #qualifies (0.75) — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 68
• Perceived demographic shift causal threat to White status shifts policy conservatism #qualifies (0.75) — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 40