Racial Attitudes in America Today

One Nation, Still Divided

Bibliographic Data

ID19913640
AuthorsClarissa Peterson (0000-0002-6267-8429), Emmitt Y Riley (0000-0003-3682-8056, DePauw University), III Emmitt Y Riley
Year2022
Publication date2022-02-22
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueRacial Attitudes in America Today (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781003147473
OpenAlexW4213002760
Open LibraryOL35875331M
ISBN9781003147473
LanguageEN
Citations received10

With this book, Clarissa Peterson and Emmitt Y. Riley, III dive into how racial attitudes change and inform political decisions. Peterson and Riley use racial resentment, black blame, and racial identity to investigate the extent to which racial attitudes influence vote choice, evaluations of Black Lives Matter, and attitudes toward public policies. Moving the conversation beyond the study of Blacks and Whites, the authors unpack the potency of racial attitudes among Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites. In doing so, they challenge our understanding of how racial attitudes are central to political decision making in an environment that is inundated with anti-Blackness. The book reframes discussions of racial attitudes to propose that, like White people, some racial minorities in the United States harbor negative attitudes toward Black people. The authors suggest that while White political attitudes are significantly explained by racial resentment, the overall influence of racial resentment on political decision making among some racial groups, may be mitigated by racial identity. At a time when White supremacists walk unhooded in the streets of America, Racial Attitudes in America Today is essential reading for educators wanting to fully engage with and understand racial resentment in America and undergraduate students in the fields of political science, sociology, history, and psychology

Criminology · Political science · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Psychology · Race, History, and American Society · Attitudes · Discrimination & Race Relations · History · Minorities · Opinion publique · Political aspects · Public opinion · Race · race relations · Racism · Racisme · Relations raciales · Social Science · White people · Whites

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