Gender and Political Conservatism as Predictors of Blaming Asian Victims of Hate Crimes in the U.S. during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Yamawaki, Niwako; Green, Jane; Wang, Alice Nuo-Yi; Castillo, Samuel Eli; Nohagi, Yuki

doi:10.4236/psych.2021.128073

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“…From the abovementioned findings, it is reasonable to suggest that with the ongoing COVID-19 threat, more people are showing preference for a more conservative view toward society, and this in turn makes them more likely to have negative attitudes toward outgroup members in the U.S.-Asian Americans. Higher RWA is also associated with higher victim blaming attitudes during COVID-19 (Yamawaki et al, 2021). This indicates that covert acts of prejudice already exist in the context of this pandemic, and it also provides reasons for overt or more serious acts of hostility to occur when the consequences of such actions are being ignored.…”

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The Effects of Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Aggression on Individuals’ Intention to Harm Asian Americans during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Wang³

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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. has experienced a large increase in anti-Asian hate crimes due to the mistaken and pervasive belief that COVID-19 was a Chinese virus. While the rise in hate crimes is welldocumented, not much research has been conducted into the characteristics that predict an individual's intention to harm Asian Americans. Therefore, we examined individuals' intention to harm Asian Americans related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants (N = 94) were recruited from Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk) and were given 10 real-world scenarios of acts of aggression toward Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants responded to three questions for each real-world scenario, and right-wing authoritarianism and four types of aggression (i.e., physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger, hostility) were examined as predictors of individuals' intention to harm Asian Americans. We found that right-wing authoritarianism, physical aggression, and anger were significant predictors of one's intention to harm Asian Americans. However, verbal aggression and hostility were not significant predictors of one's intention to harm Asian Americans. Implications of these findings are discussed since these findings can assist researchers' understanding of issues pertaining to prejudice and racism related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…We utilized 10 real-world scenarios of Asian Americans experiencing aggression due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These scenarios were previously utilized by Yamawaki et al (2021). Example scenarios included the following:…”

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The Effects of Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Aggression on Individuals’ Intention to Harm Asian Americans during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Green²,

Wang³

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“…Sebagaimana dikonsepsikan oleh Mason (2015), rasialisme semakin meningkat ketika mengasosiasikan penyakit dengan kondisi geografis wilayah tertentu. Tanpa diduga, dunia membuktikan sejak awal 2020 seperti yang dicatat Gardner et al (2022) dan Yamawaki et al (2021) yang menguraikan diskriminasi ras meningkat sepanjang pandemi. Banyak orang menyalahkan dan meyakini bahwa orang Asia menjadi pelaku penyebaran virus ke Amerika.…”

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Penerimaan Komunitas Montase terhadap Representasi Ras Asia di Amerika dalam Film Minari

Riadiska,

Tanjung

2023

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Films are able to provide entertainment as well as influence the attitudes and views of the audience. Audience has an important position in receiving messages. This study aims to explain the Montage community's reception of the representation of Asian race in America on the Minari film. The dynamics of adaptation, crisis, and family are closely related to the identity of Asian immigrants trying to reach their hopes in the destination country. The researcher applied Stuart Hall's reception analysis by conducting a thorough observation of Minari's film to determine the encoding and conducting interviews with three informants from the Montase community to conduct the decoding analysis. The results of this study describe two classifications of informant positions, namely dominant position and negotiated position. Differences in background, culture, and knowledge affect the informants' meaning of the representation of the Asian race in Minari.

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“…Despite these claims, past research has shown that conservatives tend to express more prejudice towards ethnic groups than liberals (e.g., Prezza et al, 2008 ). In addition, during the pandemic, politically conservative individuals were more likely to dehumanize Asian Americans ( Markowitz et al, 2021 ) and to blame them for being victims of hate crimes ( Yamawaki et al, 2021 ). Thus, conservative-leaning individuals may be more inclined to display prejudice and discrimination, particularly when interacting with Asian Americans high in Chinese phenotypicality.…”

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Looking Hateworthy: An Investigation of the Relationship Between Chinese Phenotypicality and COVID-19-Related Prejudice and Discrimination

2022

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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been an increasing number of hate crimes perpetrated against Chinese and non-Chinese Asian Americans. Some hate incidents suggest that Chinese Asian Americans have been mainly targeted followed by non-Chinese Asian Americans. The present study examined the influence of victim Chinese phenotypicality (CP) and participant individual differences on COVID-19-related prejudice and discrimination. Participants were presented with a mock news story detailing a restaurant employee (varying in CP) who tested positive for COVID-19 but went to work despite warnings to quarantine and allegedly spread COVID-19 to other employees and customers. CP was manipulated through photographs embedded within the mock news story of the employee (White (control) vs. Low CP vs. High CP). After reading the news story, participants completed measures of prejudice and discrimination endorsement along with measures of individual differences. Results revealed that CP influenced prejudice and support for discrimination, but only for individuals with certain characteristics (e.g., low income). The findings highlight individual difference characteristics among perpetrators of prejudice and discrimination against Asian Americans, in addition to phenotypic variations among those who may be victims of hate related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Gender and Political Conservatism as Predictors of Blaming Asian Victims of Hate Crimes in the U.S. during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Effects of Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Aggression on Individuals’ Intention to Harm Asian Americans during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Effects of Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Aggression on Individuals’ Intention to Harm Asian Americans during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Penerimaan Komunitas Montase terhadap Representasi Ras Asia di Amerika dalam Film Minari

Looking Hateworthy: An Investigation of the Relationship Between Chinese Phenotypicality and COVID-19-Related Prejudice and Discrimination

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