Most white Americans hold a racial status profile toward the middle, not the extremes.

Evidence

Figures1band2bdenotewhatwehavecalledour“Third Place”profile. In this profile participants reflect societal stereotypes linking white and Asian people with wealth and Black and Hispanic people with relative poverty11. They see themselves as behind two racial groups that are stereotypically associated with wealth (i.e., white and Asian people), but also ahead of (Study 1) [or virtually tied with (Pilot)] two racial groups that are stereotypically associated with poverty (i.e., Black and Latinx people). The “Third Place” profile accounted for 62% of participants in the Pilot Study and 66% of participants in Study 1. — Erin Cooley, Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi, Nava Caluori, Nicholas Elacqua, and William Cipolli, White Americans who perceive themselves…, 41

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Many White Americans hold contradictory racial views without experiencing inner conflict; Over a third of White Americans hold contradictory racial attitudes without psychological distress — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 2196; Modern White Americans broadly support group equality while rejecting explicit racial dominance — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 2185 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• White Americans now begin racial politics from near-universal group equality, not caste support. #corroborates (0.86)
• 38 percent of White Americans hold simultaneously egalitarian and symbolically racist beliefs. #exemplifies (0.84)
• Over a third of White Americans hold contradictory racial attitudes without psychological distress #exemplifies (0.82) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2196
• Modern White Americans broadly support group equality while rejecting explicit racial dominance #expands (0.80) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2185
• Many White Americans hold contradictory racial views without experiencing inner conflict #expands (0.78)
• White Americans endorse individual hierarchy but reject group-based hierarchy #expands (0.78)
• White Americans’ racial behavior is now formally egalitarian though still marginally discriminatory. #expands (0.76) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2197
• Many whites avoid minorities from unease, not hatred #exemplifies (0.72)