White Americans' Reactions to Racial Disparities in Covid-19
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3319865 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lafleur Stephens-Dougan (0000-0002-3230-0871, Princeton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 117 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 773-780 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s000305542200051x |
| OpenAlex | W4280605901 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 18 |
I fielded a survey experiment on a nationally representative sample of 591 white Americans to test whether exposure to information about the disparate impact of COVID-19 on Black people influenced white Americans' opinion about COVID-19 policies. I found that racially prejudiced white Americans who were exposed to the treatment diminished the importance of wearing a face mask. They also became more supportive of outdoor activities without social distancing guidelines, more likely to perceive shelter-in-place orders as a threat to their individual rights and freedoms, and less likely to perceive African Americans as following social distancing guidelines. Conversely, white Americans who did not endorse an anti-Black stereotype were less likely to perceive shelter-in-place orders as a threat to their individual rights and more likely to perceive African Americans as following social distancing guidelines. These findings highlight that well-intentioned public health campaigns may inadvertently exacerbate existing race-based health disparities
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Criminology · Disease · Distancing · Health equity · Political science · Public health · Race (biology · Social distance · Sociology · Stereotype (UML · White (mutation · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Gender Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 20 |
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| Citations per year | 5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |