Concern for the In-Group and Opposition to Affirmative Action

The present experiments suggest that the desire to benefit the in-group drives dominant-group members' policy preferences, independent of concern for out-groups' outcomes. In Experiment 1, the effect of a manipulation of affirmative action procedures on policy support was mediated by how W...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 2006-06, Vol.90 (6), p.961-974
Main Authors: Lowery, Brian S, Unzueta, Miguel M, Knowles, Eric D, Goff, Phillip Atiba
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Affirmative Action
Analysis of Variance
Attitude
Attitudes
Bias
Biological and medical sciences
Black White Relations
Conflict (Psychology)
Discrimination
Ethnic Identity
Ethnic minorities
European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology
Experiments
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Group Identity
Group Processes
Human
Humans
Identity
Ingroup Outgroup
Male
Mass behaviour
Middle Aged
Minority Groups
Models, Psychological
Motivation
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Public Policy
Race
Race Relations
Racial and Ethnic Attitudes
Racial Identity
Racism
Regression Analysis
Social Attitudes
Social Dominance
Social Identification
Social Identity
Social interactions. Communication. Group processes
Social Justice
Social Policy
Social psychology
United States
White People
Whites
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Summary:The present experiments suggest that the desire to benefit the in-group drives dominant-group members' policy preferences, independent of concern for out-groups' outcomes. In Experiment 1, the effect of a manipulation of affirmative action procedures on policy support was mediated by how Whites expected the policy to affect fellow Whites, but not by the expected effect on minorities. In Experiments 2 and 3, when focused on losses for the White in-group, Whites' racial identity was negatively related to support for affirmative action. However, when focused on gains for the Black out-group or when participants were told that Whites were not affected by the policy, racial identity did not predict attitudes toward the policy. In Experiments 2 and 3, perceived fairness mediated these effects.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.90.6.961