Ethnic identification, not party affiliation, moderates Whites’ threat response.

Evidence

Drawing on social identity theory (Tajfel & Turner, 1986), we expected that reminders of increasing ethnic diversity would be especially threatening to Whites whose race/ethnicity is a central aspect of their identity. Thus we expected them to report greater support for Republican candidates, anti-immigrant policies, and opposition to political correctness in response to reminders of the racial shift compared to Whites low in ethnic identification. In contrast, based on Craig and Richeson’s (2014b) finding that reminders of the racial shift increased support for conservative ideology irrespective of political leanings, we did not expect political affiliation to moderate effects. — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 21

No other indirect effects were significant among Whites high in ethnic identification, and no indirect effects of condition through group status threat were significant among Whites low in ethnic identification. — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 55

Categorization

• XREF: Directly relevant to the reader’s threatened-privilege framework: identity centrality is the predicted moderator, distinguishing this mechanism from mere partisanship. — connects to: Racial status threat may drive conservative shifts even among minorities — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 94; Liberal and conservative participants responded similarly to demographic threat — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 106; 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 (+8 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity: Why…, 21; Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity: Why…, 55

Related

• Racial demographic shift threatens Whites only when they identify strongly with their ethnic group. (similarity 0.93)
• Status threat from diversity shifts whites rightward regardless of party affiliation. (similarity 0.90)
• Demographic shift reminders backfire among low-identification Whites, shrinking Trump support. (similarity 0.89)
• Racial-shift reminders shift highly identified Whites toward Trump and against Sanders via status threat. (similarity 0.89)
• Perceived racial demographic shift raises White group status threat that drives Trump support. (similarity 0.89)
• Ethnic identification amplifies white support for anti-immigrant policies under diversity threat cues (similarity 0.88)
• Low-identification Whites show a puzzling backlash AGAINST Trump under racial-shift framing. (similarity 0.87)
• Shrinking numerical majority makes White identity salient and politically mobilizing (similarity 0.87)
• Exposure to information about racial demographic change raises Whites’ status threat and 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)
• Racial shift effects operate independent of party affiliation (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 0.85)
• Perceived racial demographic shifts cause a conservative shift in White Americans through group-status threat. (similarity 0.83)
• Perceived racial demographic shift may push White Americans toward conservatism. (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Racial demographic shift threatens Whites only when they identify strongly with their ethnic group. #corroborates (0.92) — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 58
• Status threat from diversity shifts whites rightward regardless of party affiliation. #contradicts (0.82) — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 66