Working Twice as Hard to Get Half as Far: Race, Work Ethic, and America's Deserving Poor. Issue 2 (28th January 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: DeSante, Christopher D.
• Is Part Of: American journal of political science. Volume 57:Issue 2(2013:Apr.)
• Page Start: 342
• Page End: 356
• Publication Date: 2013-01-28
• Subjects: Political science -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; Computer network resources; 320.05
• DOI: 10.1111/ajps.12006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0092-5853

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <italic>Attitudes toward racialized and redistributive policies like welfare are often thought of as a function of both principled ideological positions and the underlying racial attitudes a person holds. </italic> <xref ref-type="link" rid="b22">1996</xref> <italic> look at</italic> racial resentment <italic>as one explanation, while Sniderman and his colleagues look to principled conservatism and authoritarianism as viable alternatives, claiming that racial resentment is merely proxying a legitimate race‐neutral commitment to equality of opportunity. This article engages this debate through an experimental design which tests whether "hard work" is rewarded in a color‐blind manner. The experimental design also affords scholars the opportunity to separate the effects of the two components of racial resentment: principled values and racial animus. The results show that American norms and implicit racism serve to uniquely privilege whites in a variety of ways.</italic></p> </abstract>