title: Are racist attitudes related to experiences of racial discrimination? Within sample testing utilising nationally representative survey data.
abstract: Although the relationship between an individual's racist attitudes and discriminatory behaviours has been widely studied, the association between racist attitudes among perpetrators and experiences of racism among targets has been under-examined. Based on data from the 2001-8 Australian Challenging Racism Project survey, this paper details a novel method to investigate the link between racist attitudes and experiences of discrimination utilising two separate models linked by nomination of cultural or ethnic groups who do not fit into Australian society (i.e., out-groups). Those identified as out-groups were more likely to report experiences of discrimination than those who were not nominated as out-groups. Overall, out-group nomination by those with racist attitudes strongly predict experiences of discrimination among these same target out-groups, OR=2.2, F(6, 12,348)=78.61, p<.001. Racist attitudes are related to racist behaviours among perpetrators that are, in turn, related to experiences of racial discrimination among targets. This study demonstrates that attitudes not only affect majority group behaviour but also drive the resulting experiences of discrimination for minority group members.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Citizenship & Globalisation, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University, 221 Burwood HWY, Melbourne, VIC 3125, Australia.
authors.forename: Amanuel E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Habtegiorgis
authors.affiliation: Centre for Citizenship & Globalisation, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University, 221 Burwood HWY, Melbourne, VIC 3125, Australia. Electronic address: yin.paradies@deakin.edu.au.
authors.forename: Yin C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Paradies
authors.affiliation: Geography and Urban Studies, School of Social Sciences & Psychology, University of Western Sydney, Penrith Campus (Kingswood), Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia.
authors.forename: Kevin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Dunn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001290:Attitude; D001315:Australia; D003469:Culture; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups; D012929:Psychological Distance; D063505:Racism; D057566:Self Report; D063508:Social Discrimination; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Australia; Discrimination; Methods; Prejudice; Racist attitudes; Self-report