Whites Believe They Are Victims of Racism More Often Than Blacks

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MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. -- Whites believe that they have replaced blacks as the primary victims of racial discrimination in contemporary America, according to a new study from researchers at Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences and Harvard Business School. The findings, say the authors, show that America has not achieved the "post-racial" society that some predicted in the wake of Barack Obama's election.

Both whites and blacks agree that anti-black racism has decreased over the last 60 years, according to the study. However, whites believe that anti-white racism has increased and is now a bigger problem than anti-black racism.

"It's a pretty surprising finding when you think of the wide range of disparities that still exist in society, most of which show black Americans with worse outcomes than whites in areas such as income, home ownership, health and employment," said Tufts Associate Professor of Psychology Samuel Sommers, Ph.D., co-author of "Whites See Racism as a Zero-sum Game that They Are Now Losing," which appears in the May 2011 issue of the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science.

Sommers and co-author Michael I. Norton of Harvard asked a nation-wide sample of 208 blacks and 209 whites to indicate the extent to which they felt blacks and whites were the targets of discrimination in each decade from the 1950s to the 2000s. A scale of 1 to 10 was used, with 1 being "not at all" and 10 being "very much."

White and black estimates of bias in the 1950s were similar. Both groups acknowledged little racism against whites at that time but substantial racism against blacks. Respondents also generally agreed that racism against blacks has decreased over time, although whites believed it has declined faster than blacks do.

However, whites believed that racism against whites has increased significantly as racism against blacks has decreased. On average, whites rated anti-white bias as more prevalent in the 2000s than anti-black bias by more than a full point on the 10-point scale. Moreover, some 11 percent of whites gave anti-white bias the maximum rating of 10 compared to only 2 percent of whites who rated anti-black bias a 10. Blacks, however, reported only a modest increase in their perceptions of "reverse racism."

"These data are the first to demonstrate that not only do whites think more progress has been made toward equality than do blacks, but whites also now believe that this progress is linked to a new inequality – at their expense," note Norton and Sommers. Whites see racial equality as a zero sum game, in which gains for one group mean losses for the other.

The belief that anti-white bias is more prevalent than anti-black bias has clear implications for future public policy debates and behavioral science research, say the authors. They note that claims of so-called reverse racism, while not new, have been at the core of an increasing number of high-profile Supreme Court cases.

Tufts University, located on three Massachusetts campuses in Boston, Medford/Somerville, and Grafton, and in Talloires, France, is recognized among the premier research universities in the United States. Tufts enjoys a global reputation for academic excellence and for the preparation of students as leaders in a wide range of professions. A growing number of innovative teaching and research initiatives span all Tufts campuses, and collaboration among the faculty and students in the undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across the university's schools is widely encouraged.

http://now.tufts.edu/news-releases/whites-believe-they-are-victims-racism-more-o

 

[thunderchunk69]

I have a white friend that says the N word is now racist against whites since they aren't allowed to use it

I laughed


but then

 

[jking0821]

Oh the old

Sommers and co-author Michael I. Norton of Harvard asked a nation-wide sample of 208 blacks and 209 whites to indicate the extent to which they felt blacks and whites were the targets of discrimination in each decade from the 1950s to the 2000s

so these 209 people say it....so we must generalize and assume its true. That is an extremely small sample size to turn around and say this has implications for future public policy.

 

[al audi]

Lol before I even read the article.

 

[ice city fc]

I think I'm gonna just sit this one out.

 

[antonlavey]

Tufts been taking ls since I graduated

 

[Nouss]

 

[semf]

what's an example of anti-white bias?

something like a white man being denied service in a black-owned establishment? etc?

 

[primetime21]

LOL

 

[trickster360cj]

 

[dipsetgeneral]

I think I'm gonna just sit this one out.

Word.

 

[big j 33]

Sample size is way too small to even be an interesting article. 

 

[elpablo21]

what's an example of anti-white bias?

something like a white man being denied service in a black-owned establishment? etc?

 

[sooperhooper]

Many African Americans feel that they can be more blatant regarding racial issues, but whites dare not make a peep. Whites still control a VAST majority of the country.

Kinda off topic, but it's ironic that this country became so "religious and God-fearing" after it was stolen from one group of people and enslaved another group of people.

 

[tr1ll]

Oh the old

Sommers and co-author Michael I. Norton of Harvard asked a nation-wide sample of 208 blacks and 209 whites to indicate the extent to which they felt blacks and whites were the targets of discrimination in each decade from the 1950s to the 2000s

so these 209 people say it....so we must generalize and assume its true. That is an extremely small sample size to turn around and say this has implications for future public policy.

Thats these studies work...its all ratios.

Thats also why there 1 more white person.

 

[sooperhooper]

Regarding that affirmative action clip: I feel that A.A. was set into play to make things somewhat fair for african americans because what was once in your face blatant racism is now subtle, smile-in-your-face racism. People of high power recognized this and mandated that a certain amount of each race had to be hired. If you think that's not fair, then neither was slavery.

 

[gatzbygordon]

 

[bleach]

Many African Americans feel that they can be more blatant regarding racial issues, but whites dare not make a peep. Whites still control a VAST majority of the country.

Kinda off topic, but it's ironic that this country became so "religious and God-fearing" after it was stolen from one group of people and enslaved another group of people.

I big part of colonization was always converting the "savages" into God fearing people

Kind of ironic since so much of Europe is now atheist

 

[djexpanium]

In your lifetime, Racism will never die until you're laid in your grave

 

[daytona 5000]

 

[penalize]

just because people think something, it doesnt mean its the truth.

but to think white people are victims of more negative racism than black/brown people is foolish...ESPECIALLY in this area near Tufts where i reside.

 

[bleach]

just because people think something, it doesnt mean its the truth.

but to think white people are victims of more negative racism than black/brown people is foolish...ESPECIALLY in this area near Tufts where i reside.

Shows the sense of entitlement that some people have

 

[truballa101]

Welp.

 

[sreggie101]

just because people think something, it doesnt mean its the truth.

but to think white people are victims of more negative racism than black/brown people is foolish...ESPECIALLY in this area near Tufts where i reside.

this....medford right?

 

[guzzy]