White support for welfare cuts rises with perceived racial status threat

Evidence

“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: White Americans feel status threatened both by other whites and by racial progress — Erin Cooley, Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi, Nava Caluori, Nicholas Elacqua, and William Cipolli, White Americans who perceive themselves…, 11; Perceived status threat drives white opposition to welfare spending — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations: How Building a…, 1158; Perceived threat to White privilege poorly predicts racial policy views. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 2174 (+12 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: White Americans feel status threatened both by other whites and by racial progress — Erin Cooley, Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi, Nava Caluori, Nicholas Elacqua, and William Cipolli, White Americans who perceive themselves…, 11; Perceived status threat drives white opposition to welfare spending — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations: How Building a…, 1158; Perceived threat to White privilege poorly predicts racial policy views. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 2174 (+12 more)

Broader Connections

• Perceived status threat drives white opposition to welfare spending #corroborates (0.95) — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 1158