The effects of antiracism education on intended confrontation of institutional discrimination: A game theory approach

Abstract

White enslavement of Black people; Beaumont, 2021) and in the wake of historic voter turnout among Black communities in swing states in the 2020 presidential election (Ross, 2020). In the context of Trump's reliance on White racial grievances in his bid for the presidency (Coates, 2017;Jefferson, 2021), this chilling moment in U.S. history exemplified White resistance to perceived loss of political power.Although White Americans' explicit attitudes toward Black Americans have become more favorable in recent years (Sawyer & Gampa, 2018), Black Americans continue to encounter frequent instances of blatant prejudice and racial microaggressions (i.e., subtle discriminatory actions that target people of color; Bravo et al., 2021;