Ethno-Racial Attitudes and Social Inequality

Samson, Frank L.

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“…For example, Agiesta and Ross (2012) reported for the Associated Press that their poll showed that, "…51 percent of Americans now express explicit anti-black attitudes, compared with 48 percent in a similar 2008 survey" (also see Bobo et al 2012;Samson & Bobo, 2014;Kaba, 2012a: pp. 413-417).…”

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Conceptualizing Tolerance as Recognition: Black American Endowed and Distinguished Professors of Education in US Colleges and Universities

Kaba¹

2016

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This study analyzes a compiled list of Black American endowed and distinguished professors of education for the 2013-2014 academic year published by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. Conceptualizing tolerance as recognition, the study claims that there is a gradual increase in the appointments of Blacks to endowed or distinguished professorships in many different disciplines at colleges and universities in the United States. Among the findings are: of the 51 scholars, men accounted for the majority; the South and Midwest regions of the US employed a high majority of these scholars, and the majority of them also earned their terminal/highest degrees in those two regions; almost eight out of ten earned a Ph.D.; almost seven out of ten earned their terminal/ highest degrees in education; and almost half of them earned their terminal/highest degrees from the 1960s to the 1980s. Finally, the discussion section focuses on 1) an explanation of the gender gap among the 51 scholars; 2) the predominance of the South and Midwest regions 3) the relative underrepresentation of Ivy League institutions; and 4) the underrepresentation of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

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Section: Conceptualizing Tolerance As Recognitionmentioning

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Conceptualizing Tolerance as Recognition: Black American Endowed and Distinguished Professors of Education in US Colleges and Universities

Kaba¹

2016

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“…While stereotypes are “cognitive shortcuts,” they become problematic when such perceptions are negative and inaccurate, are resistant to change, and are applied categorically (Samson and Bobo :530). As shown in the first five bars in Figure and consistent with the scholarship of Indigenous researchers, we find that Native Americans in the county we study continue to experience and bear witness to old, largely unchanged stereotypes.…”

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“…Similarly, Bobo et al. note that their group position theory is “in part, a theory about perceived group interests and threats” (Samson and Bobo :534). “Members of the dominant group feel threatened by the belief that a subordinate group wishes to encroach on those entitlements” (Samson and Bobo :534).…”

Section: Contemporary American Race Relationsmentioning

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“…note that their group position theory is “in part, a theory about perceived group interests and threats” (Samson and Bobo :534). “Members of the dominant group feel threatened by the belief that a subordinate group wishes to encroach on those entitlements” (Samson and Bobo :534). The concept of racial resentment, highlighted by Tuch and Hughes (), is especially useful in our research setting, for such resentment serves to maintain existing structural racial hierarchies that are challenged by new economic, social, and political realities.…”

Section: Contemporary American Race Relationsmentioning

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“It's Almost Like They Were Happier When You Were Down”: Microaggressions and Overt Hostility Against Native Americans in a Community with Gaming

Senter

Ling

2017

Sociological Inquiry

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In this article, we use qualitative data from 100 Native Americans living in mid-Michigan to document the changing nature of interactions between whites and tribal members. The community studied has seen significant changes in the economic and social position of the tribal community thanks to two decades of successful gaming operations. We find that, while Native Americans attest to positive changes in the community, many of which originate within the tribe itself, hostile and negative attitudes on the part of whites persist. Some of these contemporary attitudes are carry-overs of traditional anti-Native prejudice, while others reflect a reworking of old stereotypes to reflect new realities, while maintaining an unequal racial order. Hostile attitudes are accompanied by discriminatory behavior, often in the form of microaggressions. We suggest that, while old-fashioned racism has not disappeared, modern racism is more subtle and complex. While contemporary Native Americans react to and resist racism in a variety of ways, modern racist attitudes and the microaggressions that accompany them serve to reinforce an unequal racial status quo and the maintenance of a racial hierarchy of group positions.

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“…Experimental research shows that when presented with evidence of these demographic trends, many white Americans tend to express a sense of threat from minorities and a greater emotional animosity toward them (Outten, Schmitt, Miller and Garcia 2012). They also begin to think, even more than they may have already (Bobo and Hutchings 1996;Samson and Bobo 2014), in zero-sum terms about opportunities and resources (Norton and Sommers 2011). Moreover, there's some experimental work showing that drawing attention to these demographic terms has direct political effects.…”

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Racism in Trump's America: reflections on culture, sociology, and the 2016 US presidential election

Bobo

2017

British Journal of Sociology

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Despite much positive change in the post civil rights era, U.S. notions of racism and white supremacy remain powerful elements of American culture. The adaptability and enduring power of these forces can be seen in the emergence of a new historical epoch best describe as the era of Laissez Faire Racism. Prevalent attitudes among white Americans, certain theoretical arguments and hypotheses in American sociology, as well the election of Donald Trump rest upon the on‐going operation of racism. In particular, I attribute Trump's electoral success to three critical dilemmas of race that defined contours of the 2016 presidential election: (1) worsening economic inequality in the presence of rapidly changing ethno‐racial demography; (2) intensified political partisanship in the presence of well‐institutionalized racially coded campaign strategies and rhetoric; and (3) the failure of the Clinton campaign to simultaneously champion the interests of working and middle class families and galvanize the previously powerful multiracial Obama coalition. I speculate on how to forge more effective multiracial coalitions in the future.

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Ethno-Racial Attitudes and Social Inequality

Cited by 20 publications

References 136 publications

Conceptualizing Tolerance as Recognition: Black American Endowed and Distinguished Professors of Education in US Colleges and Universities

Conceptualizing Tolerance as Recognition: Black American Endowed and Distinguished Professors of Education in US Colleges and Universities

“It's Almost Like They Were Happier When You Were Down”: Microaggressions and Overt Hostility Against Native Americans in a Community with Gaming

Racism in Trump's America: reflections on culture, sociology, and the 2016 US presidential election

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