Perceived last-place racial status decouples from objective socioeconomic disadvantage.

Evidence

Notably, those in the “Last Place” profile were not the least educated nor did they have the lowest income; instead, it was the “Second Place” profile which had participants with the lowest average objective status (i.e., education and income). Those in the “Last Place” profile actually rated their own social class (on a subjective measure from “lower class” to “upper class”) to be significantly higher than those in either of the other two profiles; this is not surprising given that those in the “Last Place”profilealsotended toplaceboththeself and allracialgroupsashigher statusoverallonourmeasure. — Erin Cooley, Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi, Nava Caluori, Nicholas Elacqua, and William Cipolli, White Americans who perceive themselves…, 59

Categorization

• XREF: Directly evidences the self-catalytic threat loop’s core prediction that subjective status threat, not objective status, drives extremism — connects to the reading purpose and to status-anxiety literature. — connects to: Feeling in last place racially predicts white endorsement of right-wing extremism. — Erin Cooley, Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi, Nava Caluori, Nicholas Elacqua, and William Cipolli, White Americans who perceive themselves…, 12; Perceived last-place status most strongly predicts alt-right support — Erin Cooley, Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi, Nava Caluori, Nicholas Elacqua, and William Cipolli, White Americans who perceive themselves…, 55; Racial group differences in self-esteem reverse the expected hierarchy — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1064 (+2 more)
• QUESTION: Why would respondents who place themselves and all groups higher overall also feel in last place relative to their own group? Curious what the profile construction implies.

Broader Connections

• Subjective status marginality, not objective SES, drives ethnocentrism #corroborates (0.92) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 638
• Minority status is context-relative rather than an intrinsic trait #qualifies (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1176
• Racial group differences in self-esteem reverse the expected hierarchy #exemplifies (0.78) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1064