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Race and Reaction

Divergent Views of Police Violence and Protest against

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ID10219938
AuthorsMora A Reinka (0000-0001-9903-2966, University of Connecticut, corresponding author), Colin Wayne Leach (0000-0002-8007-6114, University of Connecticut)
Year2017
Volume73
Issue4
Pages768-788
Publication date2017-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4537 • E-ISSN: 1540-4560
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/josi.12247
OpenAlexW2774154402
LanguageEN
Citations received45
References cited14

Since 2012, the United States has seen a renewed focus on police killings of racial and ethnic minorities, as well as protest against such violence. Moreover, recent polling data show an intensification of long‐standing differences in Black and White Americans’ attitudes toward police violence and protest. Here, we review recent polling, as well as our own series of experiments, to elucidate racial divides in attention, attitudes, and reactions to police violence and protest against it (e.g., Black Lives Matter). In addition, we report linguistic analyses of descriptions ( N = 195) of protest images, showing that Black participants better understand the causes of these protests ( d = .30) and view them more positively ( d = .38) than Whites. If we wish for consensus on how to address police violence and protest against it, we must understand how and why the sociopolitical reality of race leads to divergent views of these issues

Criminology · Ethnic group · Political science · Polling · Race (biology · Sociology · White (mutation · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Gender Studies · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citation span2017 - 2026 (10)
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