A Distorted Nation: Perceptions of Racial/Ethnic Group Sizes and Attitudes Toward Immigrants and Other Minorities

Alba, Richard; Rumbaut, Rubén G.; Marotz, Karen

doi:10.1353/sof.2006.0002

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“…We run a probit model using a dichotomous dependent variable that splits the sample into those who believe their nation spends "too much" on foreign aid (0) and those who feel otherwise (1). As for the right hand side of the model, we created a control variable called instrumentalism that measures respondents' beliefs about the instrumental value of foreign aid: whether aid strengthens US/GB political influence and helps to prevent international terrorism.…”

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We Spend How Much? Misperceptions, Innumeracy, and Support for the Foreign Aid in the United States and Great Britain

Scotto¹,

Reifler²,

Hudson³

et al. 2017

J Exp Polit Sci

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Majorities of citizens in high-income countries often oppose foreign aid spending. One popular explanation is that the public overestimates the percentage and amount of taxpayer funds that goes towards overseas aid. Can the framing of aid overcome this innumeracy? We report the results of an experiment examining differences in support for aid spending as a function of the information American and British respondents receive about foreign aid spending. In both nations, providing respondents with information about foreign aid spending as a percentage of the national budget significantly reduces support for cuts. The findings suggest that support for aid can be increased, but significant opposition to aid spending remains.2

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“…African Americans, Jews, immigrants) (Citrin and Sides 2008; Alba et al 2005). In addition, Kahan et al (2013) show that innumeracy can itself be a function of directionally motivated reasoning.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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We Spend How Much? Misperceptions, Innumeracy, and Support for the Foreign Aid in the United States and Great Britain

Scotto¹,

Reifler²,

Hudson³

et al. 2017

J Exp Polit Sci

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“…But what persists is the rigidity of structural forms of exclusion, and at times violence, subjected to some groups, even when they are embraced as part of the nation's fabric as citizens (Roberts 2004, Bonilla-Silva andMayorga 2011). The exclusion of many people of colour from the 'imagined community' of the US nation confounds the recent population trends and demographic shifts predicted for the next half-century when the 'Anglos'-who have enjoyed both numerical and political power dominance in the American mosaic -are to become a minority; a trend already realised in some major cities in the USA (Alba et al 2005). …”

Section: Racialisation In Twenty-first-century Usamentioning

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“…These boundaries are most rigid, though not absolute, for non-white groups as the privileges intrinsic in white-ness, Europeanness, in America continue to be highly guarded (Alba et al 2005). With class boundaries, new migrants with the least skills and education therefore enter highly racialised and segregated spaces.…”

Section: Racialisation In Twenty-first-century Usamentioning

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Disclaimed or Reclaimed? Muslim Refugee Youth and Belonging in the Age of Hyperbolisation

Abdi¹

2015

Journal of Intercultural Studies

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Using data derived chiefly from the Somali community in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this paper explores the challenges confronting its youth. The findings are the result of an ongoing ethnographic engagement with this community that has been conducted for over a decade. Stressing that marginalisation is due to the combined impact of race, religion and class, the article points to the factors that have led some youth in the direction of drugs and crime while others have opted for radical Islam. In the post-9/ 11 era of securitisation, with evidence of over-policing of the Somali community, the challenges to incorporation are intensified due to the ongoing Othering process of this refugee group.

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“…Other research also reflects this tendency in the Midwest (Driever, 2004;Millard et al, 2004b;Alba et al, 2005). In sum, the research suggests that the process of integration will not be smooth and we !…”

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Latin American immigrants in Indianapolis: Perceptions of prejudice and discrimination

Alarcón

Novak

2010

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!The article focuses on immigrants' interactions with the Indiana natives, with emphasis in the city of Indianapolis and its suburbs. More specifically, this study aims at providing an understanding of the experiences of Latin American immigrants with special attention to perceptions of prejudice and discrimination and to feelings of social exclusion. A substantial proportion of Latin American immigrants interviewed indicated that they considered Indiana natives to be prejudiced and that they had personally experienced discrimination. The study reveals specific examples of discrimination experienced by the immigrants at the work place, in housing, in stores, restaurants and by various service providers. The results of the study demonstrate the relevance of the normative and power resource theories to explain prejudice and discrimination.

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A Distorted Nation: Perceptions of Racial/Ethnic Group Sizes and Attitudes Toward Immigrants and Other Minorities

Cited by 251 publications

References 13 publications

We Spend How Much? Misperceptions, Innumeracy, and Support for the Foreign Aid in the United States and Great Britain

We Spend How Much? Misperceptions, Innumeracy, and Support for the Foreign Aid in the United States and Great Britain

Disclaimed or Reclaimed? Muslim Refugee Youth and Belonging in the Age of Hyperbolisation

Latin American immigrants in Indianapolis: Perceptions of prejudice and discrimination

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