Perceived status threat drives white opposition to welfare spending

Evidence

BACK TO NOTE REFERENCE 58 “White Americans are more likely to favor welfare cuts when they believe that their status is threatened and that minorities are the main beneficiaries of safety net programs.” — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 1158

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the book’s argument that white opposition to reparations stems from perceived zero-sum threat rather than principled objection; also resonates with ‘Whiteness of Wealth’ themes. — connects to: Neoliberalism functions as a response to white status threat. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1764; Working-class people desire welfare-state measures while fearing equality itself. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 2139