Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2018
Publication Title
Basic and Applied Social Psychology
Abstract
An emerging body of work examines relations among marginalized groups, presupposing that interminority interactions display increased levels of animosity or compassion as compared to majority–minority processes. The current article compares interminority and majority–minority attitudes in a nationally representative data set, finding that racial, sexual, and gender minority groups express similar or more favorable attitudes and political support toward a minority outgroup. Experimental follow-ups explore conditions leading to more positive interminority interactions, finding that primes of similarity facilitate increased support toward a minority outgroup. A final minimal-pairs design explores the role of comparative disadvantage in these processes, suggesting that increased interminority support does not extend to a minority target group that is more privileged than the ingroup. Theoretical and empirical implications are addressed.
Volume
40
Issue
6
First Page
396
Last Page
413
DOI
10.1080/01973533.2018.1520106
Recommended Citation
Burson, Esther and Godfrey, Erin B., "The State of the Union: Contemporary Interminority Attitudes in the United States" (2018). Psychology: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/psy_facpubs/184
Comments
Peer reviewed accepted manuscript.