ArticleSociological forum (Randolph, N.J.)2021
Has Pandemic Threat Stoked Xenophobia? How COVID-19 Influences California Voters' Attitudes toward Diversity and Immigration.
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- Who is American? A comprehensive analysis of the American = White/Foreign = Asian stereotype (2007-2023).Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effects of COVID-19 related economic threat on political conservatism, xenophobia, and racial bias in the United States.PloS one · 2024Article
- The anatomy of prejudice during pandemic lockdowns: Evidence from a national panel study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Unmasking racial avoidance: Experimental evidence on parental school choice and public health policies during the Covid-19 pandemic.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2023Article
- Perceived status threat and health among White Americans: A scoping review.SSM - population health · 2023Article
- When the geopolitical threat of China stokes bias against Asian Americans.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- Medical mistrust, discrimination, and COVID-19 vaccine behaviors among a national sample U.S. adults.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- The moral filter of patriotic prejudice: How Americans view Chinese in the COVID-19 era.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
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Abstract
Sociological theory and historical precedent suggest that pandemics engender scapegoating of outgroups, but fail to specify how the ethnoracial boundaries defining outgroups are drawn. Using a survey experiment that primed half of the respondents (California registered voters) with questions about COVID-19 during April 2020, we ask how the pandemic influenced attitudes toward immigration, diversity and affect toward Asian Americans. In the aggregate, the COVID prime did not affect attitudes toward immigrants, but did reduce support for policies opening a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and reduced appreciation of California's diversity. Respondents reported rarely feeling anger or fear toward Asian Americans, and rates were unaffected by the COVID prime. A non-experimental comparison between attitudes toward immigrants in September 2019 and April 2020 found a positive change, driven by change among Asian-American and Latino respondents. The results provide selective support for the proposition that pandemics engender xenophobia. At least in April 2020 in California, increased bias crimes against Asian Americans more likely reflected politicians' authorization of scapegoating than broad-based racial antagonism.
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