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Group Status Drives Majority and Minority Integration Preferences

2011; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 23; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/0956797611423547

1467-9280

Eric Hehman, Samuel L. Gaertner, John F. Dovidio, Eric W. Mania, Rita Guerra, David C. Wilson, Brian Friel,

Electoral Systems and Political Participation

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.