Racial attitudes comprise a felt group position of superiority, proprietary claim, and perceived threat

Evidence

Blumer’s observation (1958a) that racial attitudes involve a sense of group position provides the most direct starting point for the present argument. Blumer suggested that racial attitudes consist of a feeling of in-group superiority, a sense of a proprietary claim to certain resources, and a sense that the outgroup poses a threat to the position of the ingroup. Each of these attitudes is a social product, and taken together, they constitute a sense of group position. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3361

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines Blumer’s ‘sense of group position’ as the three-component structure of racial attitudes: superiority, proprietary claim, threat perception.
• XREF: Connects to group position theory and its later elaborations in Bobo’s work on racial hierarchy and status threat. — connects to: Equality gains by subordinate groups trigger perceived threat in dominant groups — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 151; Mortality salience shifts Whites’ racial-pride and discrimination judgments in favor of their own race. — Jeff Greenberg and Spee Kosloff, Terror Management Theory: Implications…, 44; 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 (+2 more)