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2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Perceptions of Racism and Xenophobia across Speakers

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Political Psychology

  • Michael Bernstein
    Brown University
  • Scott Martin
    Brigham Young University, Idaho
  • Lauren Micalizzi
    Brown University School of Public Health
  • Nick Zambrotta
    University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

Abstract

College students rated the bigotry of two different statements; however, the speaker was manipulated. Perceived bigotry depended in part on the speaker. For instance, Republicans rated the same speech as more racist and xenophobic when attributed to Bill Clinton vs. Donald Trump, while Democrats displayed the opposite trend.

Politics