The surprising politics of anti‐immigrant prejudice: How political conservatism moderates the effect of immigrant race and religion on infrahumanization judgements

Olivia Banton; Keon West; Ellie Kinney

doi:10.1111/bjso.12337

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The surprising politics of anti‐immigrant prejudice: How political conservatism moderates the effect of immigrant race and religion on infrahumanization judgements

Olivia Banton

Keon West Ellie Kinney

British Journal of Social Psychology Vol. 59 No. 1 pp. 157-170 · Wiley

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Abstract

Attitudes towards immigrants in the United Kingdom are worsening. It has been posited that these attitudes may reflect covert racial and religious prejudices, particularly among conservatives. To investigate this, two studies examined the role that immigrant race (Black/White; Study 1) and immigrant religion (Muslim/non‐Muslim; Study 2) played in immigrant infrahumanization judgements, using political conservatism as a moderating variable. There was a moderating effect of political conservatism; however, it was not in the predicted direction. The results of both studies indicated that immigrant race (Black) and immigrant religion (Muslim) predicted greater infrahumanization when political conservatism was low. Conservatives infrahumanized all immigrants equally (and more than liberals), but liberals were more sensitive to racial/religious biases in their evaluations of immigrants.

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Published: Jul 30, 2019
Vol/Issue: 59(1)
Pages: 157-170
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Authors

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Olivia Banton

Department of Psychology Goldsmiths, University of London UK

K

Keon West

Department of Psychology Goldsmiths, University of London UK

E

Ellie Kinney

Department of Psychology Goldsmiths, University of London UK

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Olivia Banton, Keon West, Ellie Kinney (2019). The surprising politics of anti‐immigrant prejudice: How political conservatism moderates the effect of immigrant race and religion on infrahumanization judgements. British Journal of Social Psychology, 59(1), 157-170. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12337

The surprising politics of anti‐immigrant prejudice: How political conservatism moderates the effect of immigrant race and religion on infrahumanization judgements

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