The shadow of fear: hate crime victimization and stress after Charlottesville.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Recent years have witnessed an increase in highly publicized attacks targeting members of ethnoracial and religious minority groups. To date, existing research has primarily focused on the tendency for such "trigger events" to generate violent aftershocks. We argue that beyond such ripple effects, highly salient trigger events significantly increase hate-crime related stress among racial and ethnic minorities. Additionally, we explore whether these effects are limited to the group most clearly targeted, or if they "spill over" to other minoritized communities.

Methods

To study reactions to hate crimes, we draw upon national survey data (N = 1,122) in combination with a natural experiment involving the Unite the Right rally and vehicle attack in Charlottes

SUBMITTER: Hellyer J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11236755 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature