title: Group status drives majority and minority integration preferences.
abstract: This research examined preferences for national- and campus-level assimilative and pluralistic policies among Black and White students under different contexts, as majority- and minority-group members. We targeted attitudes at two universities, one where 85% of the student body is White, and another where 76% of students are Black. The results revealed that when a group constituted the majority, its members generally preferred assimilationist policies, and when a group constituted the minority, its members generally preferred pluralistic policies. The results support a functional perspective: Both majority and minority groups seek to protect and enhance their collective identities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA. ehehman@udel.edu
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hehman
authors.forename: Samuel L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Gaertner
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Dovidio
authors.forename: Eric W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Mania
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guerra
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Brian M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Friel
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D001290:Attitude; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology*; D011822:Race Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012933:Social Identification; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*