Prejudice in disguise: Which features determine the subtlety of ethnically prejudicial statements?
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Fetz, Karolina
Kroh, Martin
Abstract / Description
In current immigration debates ethnic prejudice is often expressed in a subtle manner, which conceals its xenophobic content. However, previous research has only insufficiently examined the specific features that make certain ethnically prejudicial statements subtler, i.e., less readily identifiable as xenophobic, than others. The current study employs an experimental factorial survey design and assesses the subtlety of systematically manipulated prejudicial statements. Our data from a German random population sample (N = 895) indicate that the subtlety of ethnically prejudicial statements is manipulable along the dimensions of topic, linguistic (essentialist) phrasing, and target group: Prejudicial statements that refer to culture, that are phrased weakly essentialistically, and that target Muslims were subtlest, in being evaluated as least xenophobic by the respondents. Moreover, with an increasing internal and a decreasing external motivation to respond without prejudice, individuals reacted more strongly to the variation of the statements’ topic and linguistic phrasing and were thus more sensitive to features determining subtler and more blatant ways of ethnic prejudice expression. These findings contribute to a better understanding of current migration discourses, in demonstrating that the specific manner in which ethnic prejudice is communicated can camouflage the xenophobic nature of a statement, so that it is less readily recognized as prejudicial.
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subtle prejudice ethnic prejudice survey experiment internal motivation to respond without prejudice external motivation to respond without prejudicePersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2021-05-10
Journal title
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Volume
9
Issue
1
Page numbers
187–206
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PsychOpen GOLD
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peerReviewed
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Fetz, K., & Kroh, M. (2021). Prejudice in disguise: Which features determine the subtlety of ethnically prejudicial statements?. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 9(1), 187-206. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.6381
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Fetz, Karolina
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Kroh, Martin
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Date of first publication2021-05-10
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Abstract / DescriptionIn current immigration debates ethnic prejudice is often expressed in a subtle manner, which conceals its xenophobic content. However, previous research has only insufficiently examined the specific features that make certain ethnically prejudicial statements subtler, i.e., less readily identifiable as xenophobic, than others. The current study employs an experimental factorial survey design and assesses the subtlety of systematically manipulated prejudicial statements. Our data from a German random population sample (N = 895) indicate that the subtlety of ethnically prejudicial statements is manipulable along the dimensions of topic, linguistic (essentialist) phrasing, and target group: Prejudicial statements that refer to culture, that are phrased weakly essentialistically, and that target Muslims were subtlest, in being evaluated as least xenophobic by the respondents. Moreover, with an increasing internal and a decreasing external motivation to respond without prejudice, individuals reacted more strongly to the variation of the statements’ topic and linguistic phrasing and were thus more sensitive to features determining subtler and more blatant ways of ethnic prejudice expression. These findings contribute to a better understanding of current migration discourses, in demonstrating that the specific manner in which ethnic prejudice is communicated can camouflage the xenophobic nature of a statement, so that it is less readily recognized as prejudicial.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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CitationFetz, K., & Kroh, M. (2021). Prejudice in disguise: Which features determine the subtlety of ethnically prejudicial statements?. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 9(1), 187-206. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.6381en_US
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ISSN2195-3325
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/5661
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6265
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.6381
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4781
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Keyword(s)subtle prejudiceen_US
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Keyword(s)ethnic prejudiceen_US
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Keyword(s)survey experimenten_US
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Keyword(s)internal motivation to respond without prejudiceen_US
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Keyword(s)external motivation to respond without prejudiceen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitlePrejudice in disguise: Which features determine the subtlety of ethnically prejudicial statements?en_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleJournal of Social and Political Psychology
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Page numbers187–206
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Volume9
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Visible tag(s)Version of Recorden_US