Racial integration, ethnic diversity, and prejudice : empirical evidence from a study of the British National Party
Does contact with ethnic minorities exacerbate or lower the racial prejudice of whites? To provide empirical evidence on this question, I examine the recruitment of members by the British National Party (BNP), which has a long history of supplying hate-creating stories about ethnic minorities. I fin...
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| author | Lennox, Clive S. |
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| description | Does contact with ethnic minorities exacerbate or lower the racial prejudice of whites? To provide empirical evidence on this question, I examine the recruitment of members by the British National Party (BNP), which has a long history of supplying hate-creating stories about ethnic minorities. I find that the BNP recruits fewer white members from communities in which: (i) whites interact more frequently with nonwhites, (ii) whites are exposed to greater racial diversity within the nonwhite population, and (iii) there are more mixed-race offspring from white and nonwhite parents. Further tests suggest that these results are not attributable to self-segregation or economic conditions. Overall, there is compelling evidence that contact with ethnic minorities reduces the racial prejudice of whites. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/991722023-05-19T06:44:43Z Racial integration, ethnic diversity, and prejudice : empirical evidence from a study of the British National Party Lennox, Clive S. Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science Does contact with ethnic minorities exacerbate or lower the racial prejudice of whites? To provide empirical evidence on this question, I examine the recruitment of members by the British National Party (BNP), which has a long history of supplying hate-creating stories about ethnic minorities. I find that the BNP recruits fewer white members from communities in which: (i) whites interact more frequently with nonwhites, (ii) whites are exposed to greater racial diversity within the nonwhite population, and (iii) there are more mixed-race offspring from white and nonwhite parents. Further tests suggest that these results are not attributable to self-segregation or economic conditions. Overall, there is compelling evidence that contact with ethnic minorities reduces the racial prejudice of whites. 2013-11-01T07:03:00Z 2019-12-06T20:04:07Z 2013-11-01T07:03:00Z 2019-12-06T20:04:07Z 2011 2011 Journal Article Lennox, C. S. (2012). Racial integration, ethnic diversity, and prejudice : empirical evidence from a study of the British National Party. Oxford Economic Papers, 64(3), 395-416. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99172 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17223 10.1093/oep/gpr058 en Oxford economic papers |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science Lennox, Clive S. Racial integration, ethnic diversity, and prejudice : empirical evidence from a study of the British National Party |
| title | Racial integration, ethnic diversity, and prejudice : empirical evidence from a study of the British National Party |
| title_full | Racial integration, ethnic diversity, and prejudice : empirical evidence from a study of the British National Party |
| title_fullStr | Racial integration, ethnic diversity, and prejudice : empirical evidence from a study of the British National Party |
| title_full_unstemmed | Racial integration, ethnic diversity, and prejudice : empirical evidence from a study of the British National Party |
| title_short | Racial integration, ethnic diversity, and prejudice : empirical evidence from a study of the British National Party |
| title_sort | racial integration ethnic diversity and prejudice empirical evidence from a study of the british national party |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science |
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