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Exceptional Outgroup Stereotypes and White Racial Inequality Attitudes toward Asian Americans

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ID8097599
AuthorsJ Z Park (0000-0002-0943-4679, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA), Brandon C Martinez (0000-0003-3050-4229, Providence College, Providence, RI, USA), R J Cobb (0000-0002-1775-4621), Ryon Cobb (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA), Julie J Park (0000-0002-8431-6381, University of Maryland-College Park, College Park, MD, USA), Erica Ryu Wong (Rice University, Houston, TX, USA, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume78
Issue4
Pages399-411
Publication date2015-10-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Psychology Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0190-2725 • E-ISSN: 1939-8999
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0190272515606433
PMID27478288
OpenAlexW2287492100
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited17

Stereotypes of outgroups help create social identificational boundaries for ingroups. When the ingroup is dominant, members employ individualist sentiments to justify their status. In this study, we build on advances in social psychological research that account for multiple outgroup stereotypes. We argue the Asian American model minority stereotype is analogous to the "cold but competent" position of perceptions toward Asians in Fiske's stereotype content model. Asian Americans are perceived to be exceptional to other minority groups, and we hypothesize that perceived competence is associated with individualist sentiments directed at Blacks and Latinos. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Freshmen, we find support for our hypotheses but find that perceived coldness has no relationship to individualist sentiments. We discuss the implications and directions for further research

Asian americans · Ethnic group · Inequality · Ingroups and outgroups · Model minority · Outgroup · Prejudice (legal term · Racial bias · Racism · Sociology · White (mutation · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Gender Studies · Social Psychology

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Citations per year2,1
Citation span2016 - 2026 (11)
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