Most whites endorse new symbolic racism beliefs while rejecting old-fashioned racism
Evidence
This tilt toward majority support for the symbolic racism belief system contrasts sharply with the overwhelming majority who reject the basic tenets of old-fashioned racism (see the data in Schuman et al. 1997). — Christopher Tarman and David O. Sears, The Conceptualization and Measurement…, 41
Categorization
- XREF: Directly relevant to the reader’s research on whether threat perception is measured as distinct from political attitudes — majority endorsement of symbolic racism while rejecting overt racism is the measurement backdrop for how these scales operate. — connects to: Symbolic racism outweighs egalitarian beliefs in shaping White racial policy views — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3647; Whites broadly endorse racial equality in principle yet reject concrete equality policies — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2626; Symbolic racism loads on a statistically distinct factor from older racism forms — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3743 (+7 more)
Related
- Symbolic racism outweighs egalitarian beliefs in shaping White racial policy views (similarity 0.86)
- Symbolic racism should outweigh both older racism and race-neutral values in shaping policy views (similarity 0.86)
- Symbolic racism scales measure a distinct attitude rather than mere conservatism (similarity 0.85)
- Symbolic racism’s discriminant validity from allied constructs is empirically testable (similarity 0.85)
- Old-fashioned racism and symbolic racism are theoretically and empirically distinct constructs (similarity 0.84)
- Controversy over symbolic racism measures is empirically moot since all variants predict equally. (similarity 0.84)
- Symbolic racism loads on a statistically distinct factor from older racism forms (similarity 0.84)
- Symbolic racism is empirically distinct from old-fashioned racism. (similarity 0.84)
- Whether racism or conservatism drives white policy opposition determines who must change (similarity 0.84)
- Symbolic racism measurement is internally coherent and unified. (similarity 0.83)
- Symbolic racism may decompose into separate attitude factors rather than one coherent belief system (similarity 0.83)
- Early and recent symbolic racism studies both measured the same four themes (similarity 0.83)
- Different racism constructs predict political outcomes unequally (similarity 0.83)
- Symbolic racism scales measure a construct distinct from the policy preferences they predict. (similarity 0.83)
- Symbolic racism explains racial policy preferences independent of conservatism. (similarity 0.83)
Broader Connections
- Modern White Americans broadly support group equality while rejecting explicit racial dominance
#corroborates(0.90) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2185 - Symbolic racism combines antiblack affect with conservative nonracial values
#expands(0.88) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3752 - Symbolic racism outweighs egalitarian beliefs in shaping White racial policy views
#expands(0.85) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3647 - Symbolic racism scales measure a distinct attitude rather than mere conservatism
#corroborates(0.85) — Christopher Tarman and David O. Sears, The Conceptualization and Measurement…, 192 - Symbolic racism is moralized resistance to racial change, not open hostility
#expands(0.85) - Symbolic racism may coexist comfortably with stated belief in equal opportunity
#corroborates(0.85) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2186 - Whites broadly endorse racial equality in principle yet reject concrete equality policies
#expands(0.82) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2626 - Symbolic racism loads on a statistically distinct factor from older racism forms
#expands(0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3743 - Response biases fail to explain symbolic racism’s predictive findings
#complicates(0.80) — Christopher Tarman and David O. Sears, The Conceptualization and Measurement…, 227 - Whites holding contradictory egalitarian and racist beliefs feel little psychological tension about it
#expands(0.78)