Improved racial attitudes do not translate into support for remedial policies

Evidence

Americans consistently mask how they feel about racial matters. We habitually avoid the messiness of race issues. Most white Americans, for example, don’t want to be seen as holding racist beliefs. Even though racial attitudes among whites have become progressively better, those attitudes don’t necessarily square with their views about policies that seek to remedy racial inequality. In fact, 73 percent of whites believe blacks should not receive any kind of special favor to overcome inequality. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 161

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Explicit racial appeals fail to shift welfare support whereas implicit racial cues succeed. — Rachel Wetts and Robb Willer, Who Is Called by the Dog Whistle?…, 78; College education does not replace racism with ideology in racial policy preferences. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 3734