Priming COVID-19 salience increases prejudice and discriminatory intent against Asians and Hispanics.

ABSTRACT: Mounting reports in the media suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic has intensified prejudice and discrimination against racial/ethnic minorities, especially Asians. Existing research has focused on discrimination against Asians and is primarily based on self-reported incidents or nonrepresentative samples. We investigate the extent to which COVID-19 has fueled prejudice and discrimination against multiple racial/ethnic minority groups in the United States by examining nationally representative survey data with an embedded vignette experiment about roommate selection (collected in August 2020; n = 5,000). We find that priming COVID-19 salience has an immediate, statistically significant impact: compared to the control group, respondents in the treatment group exhibited increased prejudice and

SUBMITTER: Lu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8433560 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature