Over a third of White Americans hold contradictory racial attitudes without psychological distress

Evidence

True, over a third of White Americans are modern versions of the “Myrdal ambivalents,” endorsing both the principle of equal treatment and symbolic racism. However, this conflict seems not to be troubling to such people, since symbolic racism dominates egalitarianism in determining their preferences about such racial policies as busing and affirmative action. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2196

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Most white Americans hold a racial status profile toward the middle, not the extremes. — Erin Cooley, Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi, Nava Caluori, Nicholas Elacqua, and William Cipolli, White Americans who perceive themselves…, 41