8/31/2023 0 Comments Demographic shiftWhile these examples highlight the apparent growth in claims of anti-White racial disregard and discrimination, another recent Supreme Court case reveals some Justices’ perceptions that racial minorities face ever decreasing levels of discrimination in American society. In 2009, however, a group of primarily White firefighters won their case alleging that they were racially discriminated against when the New Haven fire department discounted test results that were to be used for promotion decisions, ironically, a decision that was made out of concern that utilizing the results would be discriminatory against Black firefighters. For example, in both 20, Abigail Fisher attempted (unsuccessfully) to convince the Court that the University of Texas’ admissions process discriminated against her because she is White. These expressions of concern regarding the treatment of Whites in contemporary American politics and broader society are echoed by several recent high-profile Supreme Court cases in which White plaintiffs have alleged that they were the victims of anti-White racial discrimination. Just a few hours later, former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke announced his intention to run for the United States Senate, declaring “what makes me different is I also demand respect for the rights and the heritage of European Americans”. The morning after Donald Trump accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for President of the United States, Congressman Sean Duffy (R-Wisconsin) made the comments in the epigraph during a CNN interview, implying that White men have found someone who will speak to and for them in Trump. And white males have been left aside a little bit in the politics of who speaks to them. There’s a viewpoint that says, ‘I can fight for minorities, and I can fight for women,’ and if you get that, you make up a vast majority of the voting block and you win. Taken together, these findings suggest that reports about the changing national demographics enhance concerns among Whites that they will be the victims of racial discrimination in the future. Explorations of several psychological mechanisms potentially underlying the effect of the racial shift information on perceived anti-White discrimination suggested a mediating role of concerns about American culture fundamentally changing. Conversely, regardless of experimental condition, Whites estimated that discrimination against various racial minority groups will decline. In four experiments, making the growing national racial diversity salient led White Americans to predict that Whites will face increasing discrimination in the future, compared with control information. The present research examines how exposure to information about this racial shift affects perceptions of the extent to which different racial groups face discrimination. The United States is undergoing a demographic shift in which White Americans are predicted to comprise less than 50% of the US population by mid-century.
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