Ethnic identification amplifies white support for anti-immigrant policies under diversity threat cues

Evidence

Support for anti-immigrant policies. Highly identified Whites were more supportive of anti-immigrant policies in the racial shift condition than the control condition (β = .13, p = .017), whereas Whites low in ethnic identification did not differ by condition (β = −.08, p = .130). Ethnic identification was positively related to anti-immigrant sentiment in both the racial shift (β = .32, p < .001) and the control conditions (β = .12, p = .021), but this relationship was stronger in the former. — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 48

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s core question of whether threatened-privilege mobilization is a general mechanism across identity axes — here race-based identification specifically gates the effect. — connects to: Demographic shift reminders backfire among low-identification Whites, shrinking Trump support. — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity: Why…, 5; Antidiversity rhetoric attracts status-threatened Whites toward the most extreme candidate — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity: Why…, 18; White ingroup identity is politically inert while outgroup antagonism drives policy preferences — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 2192 (+8 more)

Related

• Racial demographic shift threatens Whites only when they identify strongly with their ethnic group. (similarity 0.89)
• Demographic shift reminders backfire among low-identification Whites, shrinking Trump support. (similarity 0.88)
• Ethnic identification, not party affiliation, moderates Whites’ threat response. (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 0.86)
• White ingroup identity is politically inert while outgroup antagonism drives policy preferences (similarity 0.85)
• Perceived racial demographic shift raises White group status threat that drives Trump support. (similarity 0.84)
• Racial-shift reminders shift highly identified Whites toward Trump and against Sanders via status threat. (similarity 0.84)
• Antidiversity rhetoric attracts status-threatened Whites toward the most extreme candidate (similarity 0.84)
• Status threat from diversity shifts whites rightward regardless of party affiliation. (similarity 0.81)
• Exposure to information about racial demographic change raises Whites’ status threat and conservatism (similarity 0.79)
• Racial status threat may drive conservative shifts even among minorities (similarity 0.79)
• White racial identity barely predicts racial policy while outgroup antagonism strongly does (similarity 0.78)
• White identity correlates consistently but weakly with racial resentment over three election cycles (similarity 0.78)
• Perceived threat to White privilege poorly predicts racial policy views. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• White ingroup identity is politically inert while outgroup antagonism drives policy preferences #contradicts (0.92) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2192
• Symbolic threat frames adoption of outgroup culture as losing racial identity #expands (0.80)
• Perceived threat to White privilege poorly predicts racial policy views. #contradicts (0.78) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2174
• Patriotism and nationalism are distinct dimensions of group identification with opposing effects #qualifies (0.75) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2113
• Group-interest incompatibility, not affect, best predicts perceived racial threat #complicates (0.72) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3373
• Embracing heterogeneity counters the threat posed by race #expands (0.70)