White Americans feel status threatened both by other whites and by racial progress

Evidence

In addition to within-group comparisons, white Americans also make between-group status comparisons. As a result, white Americans’ feelings of falling behind may be further compounded by status comparisons with people from other racial/ethnic groups. … However, in the current political climate, some white Americans may feel like their individual position in the economic hierarchy is challenged both by feeling they are “worseoff”thanotherwhitepeople(i.e.,feelingsofexclusion)andthatother racial/ethnic groups may be passing them as a result of perceived racial progress14, and/or recent social movements pushing for racial equality (e.g., #BlackLivesMatter). … This perception of precarious positionality within and between groups may activate fears of being in last place (i.e., last place aversion19) and may stoke a general sense of victimization that others have argued can lead to hierarchy-enhancing efforts20,21. — Erin Cooley, Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi, Nava Caluori, Nicholas Elacqua, and William Cipolli, White Americans who perceive themselves…, 11

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Reminding White Americans of shifting racial demographics raises their group status threat. — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity: Why…, 36; Perceived racial demographic shifts cause a conservative shift in White Americans through group-status threat. — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 8; Exposure to information about racial demographic change raises Whites’ status threat and conservatism — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity: Why…, 16 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Reminding White Americans of shifting racial demographics raises their group status threat. #exemplifies (0.90) — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 36
• Perceived racial demographic shifts cause a conservative shift in White Americans through group-status threat. #exemplifies (0.90) — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 8
• Exposure to information about racial demographic change raises Whites’ status threat and conservatism #exemplifies (0.90) — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 16
• Perceived racial demographic shift raises White group status threat that drives Trump support. #exemplifies (0.90) — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 5
• Perceived demographic shift causal threat to White status shifts policy conservatism #exemplifies (0.88) — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 40
• Perceived racial demographic shift may push White Americans toward conservatism. #exemplifies (0.88) — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 1
• White support for welfare cuts rises with perceived racial status threat #expands (0.80)
• White power rhetoric reframes whites as a threatened global demographic minority #exemplifies (0.78) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2581
• Perceived racial last-place status, not objective low status, drives white Americans’ alt-right support. #expands (0.75) — Erin Cooley, Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi, Nava Caluori, Nicholas Elacqua, and William Cipolli, White Americans who perceive themselves…, 60