The Intersection of Racial and Gender Attitudes, 1977 through 2018

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ID4522161
AutoresW J Scarborough (0000-0002-1566-4921, University of North Texas, autor correspondente), Joanna R Pepin (0000-0002-3134-2121, State University of New York at Buffalo), Danny L Lambouths (0000-0002-8701-7571, University of Illinois Chicago), R Kwon (0000-0002-9096-916X, University of North Texas), Ronaldo Monasterio (0000-0001-9177-8368, University of North Texas)
Ano2021
Volume86
Fascículo5
Páginas823-855
Data de publicação2021-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Sociological Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00031224211033582
OpenAlexW3193576147
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas29
Referências citadas76

Intersectionality scholars have long identified dynamic configurations of race and gender ideologies. Yet, survey research on racial and gender attitudes tends to treat these components as independent. We apply latent class analysis to a set of racial and gender attitude items from the General Social Survey (1977 to 2018) to identify four configurations of individuals' simultaneous views on race and gender. Two of these configurations hold unified progressive or regressive racial and gender attitudes. The other two formations have discordant racial and gender attitudes, where progressive views on one aspect combine with regressive views on the other. In the majority of survey years, the most commonly held configuration endorsed gender equality but espoused new racialist views that attributed racial disparities to cultural deficiencies. This perspective has become increasingly common since 1977 and is most prevalent among White women and White men, likely due to racial-group interest. Black women and Black men, in contrast, are more likely to embrace progressive racial and gender attitudes. We argue that White men's gender egalitarianism may be rooted in self-interest, aimed at acquiring resources through intimate relationships. In contrast, Black men adopt progressive racial and gender attitudes to form a necessary coalition with Black women to challenge racism

Egalitarianism · Ideology · Intersectionality · Mainstream · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Racial formation theory · Racism · Sociology · White (mutation · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology