Gun control is racialized such that racial resentment decreases support for it.
Evidence
Though there exist important exceptions (see e.g., Winkler 2011), appeals for stricter firearm regulations historically have not linked these regulations to negative stereotypes of racial minorities. This may be in part because gun ownership has traditionally been strongly supported by less educated and rural whites, demographic groups that also report greater endorsement of negative minority stereotypes. In line with this observation, whites higher in racial resentment tend to be less supportive of gun control policies (Filindra and Kaplan 2016). This suggests that to the extent that this policy area is racialized, it is currently racialized in a way that leads whites’ racial prejudice to decrease their support for gun control. — Rachel Wetts and Robb Willer, Who Is Called by the Dog Whistle?…, 98
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Implicit racial appeals boosted liberal support for gun control — Rachel Wetts and Robb Willer, Who Is Called by the Dog Whistle?…, 169; Racial appeals intensify racial-attitude influence on gun attitudes among liberals, not conservatives. — Rachel Wetts and Robb Willer, Who Is Called by the Dog Whistle?…, 166; An ideology is racialized by its impact even when it lacks racial references (+1 more)
Related
- Implicit racial appeals boosted liberal support for gun control (similarity 0.92)
- Racial appeals intensify racial-attitude influence on gun attitudes among liberals, not conservatives. (similarity 0.91)
- Liberal whites’ racial resentment is harnessed by racial appeals across ideologically opposed policy domains. (similarity 0.84)
- Racially encoded messages backfire among moderates high in racial resentment. (similarity 0.82)
- Legal reinforcement of racial distinctions worsens their harmful effects (similarity 0.82)
- Dog-whistle appeals mobilize racially resentful white liberals, not conservatives (similarity 0.81)
- Prior exposure to racialized elite cues hardens opposite positions against novel racial appeals. (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Implicit racial appeals boosted liberal support for gun control
#qualifies(0.80) — Rachel Wetts and Robb Willer, Who Is Called by the Dog Whistle?…, 169 - Racial appeals intensify racial-attitude influence on gun attitudes among liberals, not conservatives.
#qualifies(0.78) — Rachel Wetts and Robb Willer, Who Is Called by the Dog Whistle?…, 166 - Legal reinforcement of racial distinctions worsens their harmful effects
#corroborates(0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, The Racial State, 4385 - An ideology is racialized by its impact even when it lacks racial references
#expands(0.72)