Latinos and the Skin Color Paradox: Skin Color, National Origin, and Political Attitudes

Faught, James; Hunter, Margaret

doi:10.1111/j.1533-8525.2012.01251.x

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“…Finally, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans report remarkably lower levels of SES than Cubans. The variation and associated differential prediction for SRMH and SRH across subgroups are consistent with previous findings (Chatterji et al, 2007; Espino & Franz, 2002; Faught & Hunter, 2012; Gonzalez-Barrera & Lopez, 2013; Passel & Cohn, 2009; Pérez et al, 2008; Zsembik & Fennell, 2005). With the Mexican subgroup falling at the bottom of the SES bracket, its pattern lends support for Healey and O’Brien’s (2014) statement on their persistent poverty, resembling African Americans in the U.S. South (e.g., low-wage occupations).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

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Cultural Strengths of Latino-American Subgroups: Differential Associations With Their Self-Rated Mental and Physical Health

Carretta

Aisenberg

2017

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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Few studies have examined subgroup differences regarding the role of collective cultural strengths among Latinos, the largest minority population in the United States today. Based on cultural and social psychologists’ emphasis on their importance to minorities, this study explored the association of three cultural factors with self-reported mental and physical health for three Latino subgroups identified in the National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS). Relative to Cubans, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans experienced poorer physical health and, not surprisingly, more religious involvement. Cubans reported stronger ethnic identity and social support (SS) and were socioeconomically more affluent compared with both Puerto Ricans and Mexicans. Multivariate analyses revealed positive effects of religious attendance on the mental and physical health of Puerto Ricans, controlling for the negative role of discrimination and other known predictors. Racial/ethnic identity was linked with better mental health of all three Latino subgroups, whereas SS had no significant effect.

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Cultural Strengths of Latino-American Subgroups: Differential Associations With Their Self-Rated Mental and Physical Health

Carretta

Aisenberg

2017

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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“…The enhanced Hispanic vulnerability to server mistreatment that we observed in this study may be, for instance, disproportionally driven by heightened levels of prejudice and discrimination toward dark skinned Latino(a) customers (e.g., Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, etc.) rather than Hispanics more generally, as we have implied (Lee and Bean 2007;Faught and Hunter 2012;Bonilla-Silva 2014). 12…”

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Economic Motivations and Moral Controls Regulating Discrimination Against Black and Hispanic Diners

Brewster

Brauer

Lynn

2015

The Sociological Quarterly

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Racial discrimination in restaurant service is often depicted as an economically rational response to servers' concerns about perceived inadequate tipping by black and/or Hispanic customers. However, drawing from sociological and criminological theories that critique the limits of economic models of human behavior, we argue that discrimination against black and Hispanic diners may be inhibited by servers' moral concerns about discrimination. Further, such moral restraints might also buffer the influence of economic motives regulating discrimination. Ordinal logistic regression models of survey data collected from a sample of U.S. restaurant servers (N = 872) are employed to assess whether race‐based perceptions of customers' tipping behaviors and moral restraints interact to predict the prevalence and frequency of servers' self‐reported discrimination against black and Hispanic diners. Results suggest that servers' economically motivated, race‐based beliefs about the tipping practices of black, Hispanic, and white customers are associated with self‐reported discrimination. Specifically, we find that servers who harbor negative attitudes toward the tipping practices of customers of color (i.e., blacks or Hispanics) or positive attitudes toward whites' tipping behaviors are also more likely to report withholding effort from their black and Hispanic patrons. However, servers with strong moral restraints are more likely to refrain from discriminating against black and Hispanic diners, or do so less frequently, despite expressing concerns about inadequate tipping practices among black and Hispanic vis‐à‐vis white clientele.

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“…Research in this line has examined whether skin tone predicts (a) political attitudes and (b) political behaviors (e.g., voting). Hochschild and Weaver (2007) found that skin tone did not predict a range of political attitudes among African Americans—a finding they called the “Skin Color Paradox.” Similarly, Faught and Hunter (2012) as well as Vargas (2018) found that skin tone did not predict politically relevant attitudes among U.S. Latinxs. By contrast, skin tone has been more tied to political behaviors rather than political attitudes .…”

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Who belongs in America? Latinxs’ skin tones, perceived discrimination, and opposition to multicultural policies.

Uzogara¹

2021

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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Objective: Consequences of colorism are well documented, yet little is known about its relationship with political views of racial/ethnic minorities. Although a very small literature found no evidence that skin tone shapes political attitudes of Latinx Americans, the present study was the first to extend this to immigration and language policy preferences. Because support for public policies is an important mechanism through which inequality is either reduced or reproduced, this filled an important gap in the literature on colorism and political behavior. Method: Using binary or ordered logistic regression, skin tone, perceived discrimination, and demographic characteristics were examined as predictors of Latinxs' policy preferences for U.S. border security and/or mandated use of English. Several probability samples were analyzed: one national sample (N ϭ 430), as well as other national (N ϭ 349, mean age 41), regional (N ϭ 256, mean ages 36 -40), and nationally representative samples (N ϭ 8,065, mean ages 32-35). Results: Relative to their counterparts, the lightest-skinned Latinx women were more tolerant of restrictive policies-tighter border security and a preference for English as the only official language. Among Latinx men, medium-skinned subgroups reported the most unfavorable opinions about a U.S. border wall policy whereas lighter-skinned men were less opposed to this policy. Conclusions: Findings suggested that skin tone biases may be tied to men's engagement on border security issues and women's support for language and border policies. Therefore, colorism may be implicated in important processes that shape American politics and Latinx public opinion. Public Significance StatementThe following article examines whether U.S. Latinxs with varying skin tones differed in their endorsement of immigration and language public policies. Across four independent samples, lighterskinned Latinxs (particularly women) were more tolerant of restrictive immigration policies (e.g., tighter borders) and restrictive language policies (English as the only official U.S. language). Whereas previous inequality research found that lighter-skinned Latinxs had socioeconomic advantages over darker-skinned counterparts, the present study extends this to political behavior and finds that some lighter-skinned Latinxs also endorsed policy positions that reinforced inequality.

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Latinos and the Skin Color Paradox: Skin Color, National Origin, and Political Attitudes

Cited by 18 publications

References 31 publications

Cultural Strengths of Latino-American Subgroups: Differential Associations With Their Self-Rated Mental and Physical Health

Cultural Strengths of Latino-American Subgroups: Differential Associations With Their Self-Rated Mental and Physical Health

Economic Motivations and Moral Controls Regulating Discrimination Against Black and Hispanic Diners

Who belongs in America? Latinxs’ skin tones, perceived discrimination, and opposition to multicultural policies.

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