White racial ideology supports basic rights but opposes change that burdens whites

Evidence

A loosely coherent set of attitudes and beliefs that, among other things, attributes continuing patterns of black-white inequality to the dispositional shortcomings of blacks themselves and the otherwise fair operation of the economic and political system has developed and now characterizes much of the white population. I labeled this nascent set of beliefs an ideology of bounded racial change because although it involves support for the extension of basic citizenship rights to blacks the ideology also involves vigorous opposition to change that might impose substantial burdens on whites. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3436

Categorization

• DEFINE: This defines the author’s coined term ‘ideology of bounded racial change’ — the core explanatory concept of the chapter.
• XREF: connects to: Whites sustain equality-in-principle while delegitimizing redistributive measures as a coherent ideology — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 3339; White racial ideology supports formal equality while opposing burdensome change — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 3436; White Christian nationalism treats voting as a right limited to worthy groups — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian…, 313 (+2 more)