Predictors of "the last acceptable racism" : group threats and public attitudes toward gypsies and travellers

Hutchison, Paul, Chihade, Raluca and Puiu, Andrei A. (2018) Predictors of "the last acceptable racism" : group threats and public attitudes toward gypsies and travellers. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 48 (5). pp. 237-247. ISSN 0021-9029

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Abstract / Description

Prejudice against Gypsies/Travellers is prevalent in the United Kingdom and elsewhere but there is a lack of research investigating the underlying factors. The present research examined the relationships between different types of intergroup threats and their antecedents and U.K. residents' attitudes toward Gypsies/Travellers. Regression analyses confirmed that negative stereotypes, symbolic threats, and intergroup anxiety predicted attitudes, whereas multicultural ideology endorsement, ingroup identification, realistic threats, and intergroup anxiety predicted support for Gypsy/Traveller group rights. Moreover, multicultural ideology endorsement predicted support for group rights indirectly through realistic threats, whereas negative stereotypes predicted attitudes indirectly through symbolic threats and intergroup anxiety and predicted support for group rights indirectly through realistic threats and intergroup anxiety. Discussion focuses on the implications for strategies aimed at reducing what is often defined as "the last acceptable racism".

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	gypsies; travellers; attitudes towards; stereotypes
Subjects:	300 Social sciences
Department:	School of Social Sciences (to June 2021) School of Social Sciences and Professions
Depositing User:	Paul Hutchison
Date Deposited:	16 Apr 2018 08:16
Last Modified:	07 Apr 2020 13:40
URI:	https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/id/eprint/1423

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