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Information about the US racial demographic shift triggers concerns about anti-White discrimination among the prospective White "minority".

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Craig, MA; Richeson, JA
Published in: PloS one
January 2017

The United States is undergoing a demographic shift in which White Americans are predicted to comprise less than 50% of the US population by mid-century. The present research examines how exposure to information about this racial shift affects perceptions of the extent to which different racial groups face discrimination. In four experiments, making the growing national racial diversity salient led White Americans to predict that Whites will face increasing discrimination in the future, compared with control information. Conversely, regardless of experimental condition, Whites estimated that discrimination against various racial minority groups will decline. Explorations of several psychological mechanisms potentially underlying the effect of the racial shift information on perceived anti-White discrimination suggested a mediating role of concerns about American culture fundamentally changing. Taken together, these findings suggest that reports about the changing national demographics enhance concerns among Whites that they will be the victims of racial discrimination in the future.

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PloS one

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1932-6203

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1932-6203

Publication Date

January 2017

Volume

12

Issue

9

Start / End Page

e0185389

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • White People
  • United States
  • Time Factors
  • Racism
  • Politics
  • Minority Groups
  • Male
  • Humans
  • General Science & Technology
 

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Craig, M. A., & Richeson, J. A. (2017). Information about the US racial demographic shift triggers concerns about anti-White discrimination among the prospective White "minority". PloS One, 12(9), e0185389. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185389
Craig, Maureen A., and Jennifer A. Richeson. “Information about the US racial demographic shift triggers concerns about anti-White discrimination among the prospective White "minority".PloS One 12, no. 9 (January 2017): e0185389. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185389.
Craig, Maureen A., and Jennifer A. Richeson. “Information about the US racial demographic shift triggers concerns about anti-White discrimination among the prospective White "minority".PloS One, vol. 12, no. 9, Jan. 2017, p. e0185389. Epmc, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0185389.

Published In

PloS one

DOI

EISSN

1932-6203

ISSN

1932-6203

Publication Date

January 2017

Volume

12

Issue

9

Start / End Page

e0185389

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • White People
  • United States
  • Time Factors
  • Racism
  • Politics
  • Minority Groups
  • Male
  • Humans
  • General Science & Technology