Integration policies shape ethnic-racial majorities’ threat reactions to increasing diversity

• DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adk8556
• Publication Date: 2024-05-29T17:58:57Z
• Authors: Judit Kende; Dirk Jacobs; Eva G. T. Green; Linda R. Tropp; Yuen J. Huo; John F. Dovidio; Tomás R. Jiménez; Deborah J. Schild...; Olivier Klein
• Keywords: Male; Adult; Ethnicity/psychology; Emigrants and Immigrants/psychology; Racial Groups; Emigrants and Immigrants; Cultural Diversity; United States; White People; Sciences sociales; Racial Groups/psychology; Attitude; White People/psychology; Social and Interdisciplinary Sciences and Public Health; Ethnicity; Humans; Female; Humans; Cultural Diversity; Ethnicity/psychology; United States; Male; Female; Emigrants and Immigrants/psychology; Adult; Attitude; White People/psychology; Racial Groups/psychology

Increasing ethnic and racial diversity often fuels feelings of threat among ethnic-racial majorities (e.g., self-identified white Americans European nationals). We contend that these perceptions depend on the policy context. Across four studies, we test whether more inclusive immigrant integration policies attenuate majorities' reactions. Studies 1 to 3 (