Prejudice against Australian Aborigines: old-fashioned and modern forms

Intercultural Effectiveness, Authoritarianism, and Ethnic Prejudice

“…The finding that participants' RWA was strongly correlated with their ethnic prejudice is consistent with an array of research conducted with other target groups in other settings (Altemeyer, 1988; Heaven, 2001). Interestingly, it is also consistent with an earlier study that assessed this relationship in another Australian city (Perth, Western Australia) using a community sample, rather than a university student sample (Pedersen & Walker, 1997). In that study, the correlation between RWA and ethnic prejudice was .46, as compared with the correlation of .60 obtained in the present study.…”

Racist attitudes, out‐groups and the Australian experience

“…Sociodemographic variables for gender, education and age were initially included, but these loaded on separate components; that is, they were independent of the racism variables and were excluded. This is consistent with earlier findings by Pedersen and Walker (1997, 580) that sociodemographic variables are minimally associated with either “old” or “new” forms of prejudice. Oblique rotation produced very low correlations among the components and was not pursued.…”

“…As found in a New South Wales–Queensland survey of racism undertaken more than a decade ago (Dunn et al 2004: 424), results do not clearly differentiate between “old” and “new” racisms. These findings supported Hall’s (2000) and Pedersen and Walker’s (1997) conclusion that these two forms of racism are not independent of each other in the thinking of contemporary Australians. Thus, positive loadings on the first component bring together the equality or otherwise of races, an old racist perspective, with such new racist issues as feeling secure among other cultural groups and acceptance of migrants regardless of their cultural backgrounds.…”

The Impact of Indigenous Identity and Treatment Seeking Intention on the Stigmatization of Substance Use

“…One interpretation of this correlation is that knowledge is able to counter prejudicial attitudes. This finding aligns with previous research on racism and prejudice, wherein higher education levels are associated with lower levels of racist and prejudicial attitudes towards a marginalized group (Pedersen, Beven, Walker, & Griffiths, 2004;Pedersen, Griffiths, Contos, Bishop, & Walker, 2000;Pedersen & Walker, 1997).…”