Craig Maureen A, Richeson Jennifer A
Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY, United States of America.
Department of Psychology & Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2017 Sep 27;12(9):e0185389. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185389. eCollection 2017.
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. The present research examines how exposure to information about this racial shift affects perceptions of the extent to which different racial groups face discrimination. 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. Conversely, regardless of experimental condition, Whites estimated that discrimination against various racial minority groups will decline. 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. 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.
美国正在经历人口结构转变，预计到本世纪中叶，美国白人占美国人口的比例将低于50%。本研究考察了接触有关这种种族转变的信息如何影响对不同种族群体面临歧视程度的认知。在四项实验中，与对照信息相比，凸显全国日益增长的种族多样性使美国白人预测白人未来将面临越来越多的歧视。相反，无论实验条件如何，白人估计针对各种少数族裔群体的歧视将会减少。对种族转变信息对感知到的反白人歧视影响的几种潜在心理机制的探索表明，对美国文化发生根本变化的担忧起到了中介作用。综合来看，这些发现表明，有关国家人口结构变化的报道加剧了白人对他们未来将成为种族歧视受害者的担忧。
