Ideology and perceptions of inequality

Baron, Denise; Sheehy‐Skeffington, Jennifer; Kteily, Nour

doi:10.4324/9781315114903-4

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“…Class may operate similarly to race as an obstacle to confronting the issue of inequality. Liberals often cite conservatives or conservative institutions (e.g., corporations) as primary reasons for the problem of inequality (Baron et al, 2018; Franks, 2020), suggesting they themselves are removed from the causes of the problem. James Baldwin (1961) discussed the “White problem” as White people engaged in at least three actions: defending “White” interests, a denial and moral evasion about racial inequality, and a propensity to think about social and political life from a white perspective.…”

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The privileged liberal principle‐implementation gap: How the personal behavior of privileged liberals contributes to social inequality

Glasford

2022

J Applied Social Pyschol

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Much of the work on the development and maintenance of group inequality has focused on a select number of advantaged groups, resulting in a "blind spot" regarding the role of liberals in contributing to social inequality. The present work tests for a privileged liberal principle-implementation gap, the notion that under conditions that make personal stake salient privileged liberals exhibit a gap between their self-reported principles and behavioral tendencies. The studies focus on three areas critical to inequality: employment (i.e., affirmative action; Studies 1a and 4), education (i.e., equal access to education for the working class; Study 1b), and housing (i.e., access to affordable housing; Study 1c), as well as support for the homeless (Studies 2 and 3). The results demonstrate that privileged liberals report higher principles to reduce inequality compared to conservatives, but in settings with salient personal stake exhibit no differences in behavior compared to conservatives.The findings also provide direct experimental evidence for the role of personal stake in shaping the privileged liberal P-I gap. Implications for the study of inequality and impact on Black/Brown working-class communities, as well as a class-based approach to social change, are discussed.

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The privileged liberal principle‐implementation gap: How the personal behavior of privileged liberals contributes to social inequality

Glasford

2022

J Applied Social Pyschol

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“…On the one hand, liberals may seek out information concerning past racism to a greater extent than conservatives, thereby becoming more knowledgeable. On the other hand, conservatives may be motivated to forget bias-related historical information (Rotella & Richeson, 2013) and/or strategically report less bias-related historical knowledge (Baron et al, 2018); especially when doing so mitigates collective guilt White conservatives have regarding past ingroup wrongdoings (Čehajič et al, 2009).…”

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“Past injustice and present prejudice”: Reducing racial bias and increasing sympathy by framing historical racism as recent

Burns

Granz

2021

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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Racial privity judgments – or the perceived causal connection between historical racial discrimination and current suffering among Black Americans – predicts sympathy for the victims of past injustices and perceptions of contemporary racial inequality. Four studies investigated the ideological roots of privity judgments; focusing on subjective temporal perceptions associated with privity judgments (e.g., subjective perceptions that past discrimination occurred more, versus less, recently). Study 1 revealed that liberals perceived historical instances of racial discrimination as having occurred more recently than conservatives, and that temporal perceptions of recency were associated with less anti-Black bias. Studies 2–4 manipulated temporal perceptions of recency by framing past discrimination as having occurred more recently. Results revealed that increasing perceived temporal recency resulted in reduced anti-Black bias and greater sympathy for present-day victims of racial discrimination across political ideology. Discussion surrounds how framing historical information as subjectively recent has implications for prejudice reduction.

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“…The interests of parties, as signal senders, only partially overlap with those of voters (Casas-Arce & Saiz, 2015). Political parties are assumed to aim to maximize vote share (Zingher & Farrer, 2016), while voters are interested in electing representatives who share their attitudes and have the capacity and will to act on issues of primary concern (Baron et al, 2023).…”

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Women and Ethnic Minority Candidates Face Dynamic Party Divergent Glass Cliff Conditions in French Elections

Robinson,

Kulich,

Assilaméhou-Kunz

et al. 2024

International Review of Social Psychology

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Ideology and perceptions of inequality

Cited by 5 publications

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The privileged liberal principle‐implementation gap: How the personal behavior of privileged liberals contributes to social inequality

The privileged liberal principle‐implementation gap: How the personal behavior of privileged liberals contributes to social inequality

“Past injustice and present prejudice”: Reducing racial bias and increasing sympathy by framing historical racism as recent

Women and Ethnic Minority Candidates Face Dynamic Party Divergent Glass Cliff Conditions in French Elections

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