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Ignored racism, White animus toward Latinos, Mark D. Ramirez, David A. M. Peterson

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Ignored racism

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Mark D. Ramirez, David A. M. Peterson

White animus toward Latinos

"Although Latinos are now the largest non-majority group in the United States, existing research on White attitudes toward Latinos has focused almost exclusively on attitudes toward immigration. This book changes that. It argues that such accounts fundamentally underestimate the political power of Whites' animus toward Latinos and thus miss how conflict extends well beyond immigration to issues such as voting rights, criminal punishment, policing, and which candidates to support. Providing historical and cultural context and drawing on rich survey and experimental evidence, the authors show that Latino racism-ethnicism is a coherent belief system about Latinos that is conceptually and empirically distinct from other forms of out-group hostility and from partisanship and ideology. Moreover, animus toward Latinos has become a powerful force in contemporary American politics, shaping White public opinion in elections and across a number of important issue areas-and resulting in policies that harm Latinos disproportionately"--, Provided by publisher

Machine generated contents note:, 1., Racism Ignored, 1.1., Is It Racism?, 1.2., The Argument of This Book, 1.3., A Look Ahead, 2., The Racialization of Latinos, 2.1., The Historical Roots of Latina/o Racism-Ethnicism, 2.1.1., The Racialization of the Mestizo People in the Colonial Period, 2.1.2., Institutional Discrimination and the Racialization of Latino Identity, 2.1.3., The Continued Push to Marginalize Latinos, 2.1.4., Historical Segregation, Modern Hate, 2.1.5., The Depiction of Latinos as Criminals, 2.1.6., The Stigma of Being Latina/o, 2.2., The Importance of Understanding Latina/o Racism-Ethnicism, 2.2.1., Are People Still Hiding Their Racial Beliefs?, 2.2.2., LRE and Whites' Policy Preferences, 2.3., Conclusion, 3., The Measurement of Latina/o Racism-Ethnicism, 3.1., Conceptualizing LRE, 3.1.1., Focus Groups as a Validation of LRE, 3.1.2., How People Express LRE, 3.2., The Measurement of LRE, 3.2.1., Is LRE a Coherent Belief?, 3.2.2., Is It a Unique Form of Racism-Ethnicism?, 3.2.3., Is LRE a Measure of Partisan Principles or Cultural Preferences?, 3.2.4., Is LRE about Race-Ethnicity?, 3.3., Conclusion, 4., Why White America Opposes Immigration, 4.1., American Public Opinion toward Immigration Policy, 4.1.1., Current Explanations of Public Opinion toward Immigration Policy, 4.2., The Role of LRE, 4.2.1., LRE or Immigrant Resentment, 4.2.2., Context and Contiguity in Immigration Policy Preferences, 4.3., Conclusion, 5., Attitudes about Punishment and Policing, 5.1., Latinos and the Race-Coding of Crime, 5.1.1., The "Browning" of Crime News, 5.1.2., How We Examine Crime News?, 5.1.3., Does Crime News Activate LRE?, 5.2., Understanding Public Support for Punishment, 5.3., White Opposition to Police Body Cameras, 5.3.1., The Police Body Camera Experiment, 5.4., Conclusion, 6., Why Whites Favor Restrictive Voting Laws, 6.1., The Controversy over Voter Identification Laws, 6.2., Mass Polarization or Race?, 6.3., LRE and Voter Identification Laws, 6.3.1., The Voter Identification Experiment, 6.3.2., Estimating Concern about Fraudulent Voting, 6.4., Voter Registration Purges, 6.4.1., The Conjoint Experiment, 6.5., Conclusion, 7., The Electoral Implications of Latina/o Racism-Ethnicism, 7.1., Racial and Ethnic Conflict in US Elections, 7.2., Support for Latina/o Candidates in US Elections, 7.2.1., The 2014 and 2016 US House Elections, 7.3., Voting for Candidates Who Support Immigration Restrictions, 7.3.1., The 2014 and 2016 US Senate Elections, 7.3.2., Gubernatorial Elections in 2014, 7.4., The Politics of Racism-Ethnicism in the 2016 Presidential Election, 7.4.1., How Whites Voted in the 2016 Presidential Election, 7.5., LRE and the Strategic Choices of Candidates, 7.6., Conclusion, 8., Conclusion, 8.1., What Have We Learned?, 8.2., Limits on the Role of LRE, 8.3., The Browning of Whites' Attitudes, 8.4., The Nature of Public Policy Opinions, 8.5., The Real Implications, 8.6., Final Thoughts