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Considering the Tower of Babel: Correlates of Assimilation and Multiculturalism among Ethnic Minority and Majority Groups in the United States

verfasst von: Christopher Wolsko, Bernadette Park, Charles M. Judd

Erschienen in: Social Justice Research | Ausgabe 3/2006

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Survey data collected from multiethnic samples of geographically dispersed college students and a national probability sample of US adults were utilized to examine the correlates of support for multiculturalism and assimilation—two competing interethnic ideologies, or ideals for how an ethnically diverse society should optimally function. Endorsement of multiculturalism and assimilation was related to perceived ethnic group differences, intergroup bias, and voting behavior on a number of public policies, but in opposite directions. Relative to white participants, ethnic minority participants endorsed multiculturalism to a greater extent, reported higher levels of group identification, and were more likely to support pro-diversity public policies. Discussion focuses on explanations for the variety of observed differences between ethnic minority and majority respondents, on the meaning of assimilation and multiculturalism, and on the argument that harmony between ethnic groups and dissimilarity between ethnic groups need not be thought of as mutually exclusive.

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Our previous experimental research also included a colorblind condition in which participants were encouraged to think about the importance of looking beyond group differences and judging one another as unique individuals. Relative to a control condition, participants in the colorblind condition responded with less evaluative bias (Wolsko et al., 2000). This finding does not directly inform predictions for the present study because we consider the colorblind perspective primed in the previous research to be conceptually distinct from the assimilation ideology assessed here. As we have operationalized it, the colorblind perspective primarily emphasizes the importance of judging one another as individuals. In contrast, the assimilation ideology emphasizes the sanctity of mainstream American values and the need for all people, especially ethnic minorities, to conform to these values (see scale items for assimilation in the Appendix).

We extend our sincere appreciation to Robert Bartsch at the University of Texas (Permian Basin), Joe Messina at San Francisco State University, and Eric Vanman at Georgia State University for their truly generous assistance with data collection for Study 1.

In analyses examining the relationship between assimilation and opinions about English-speaking public policy, item #2 from the assimilation scale (see Appendix) was omitted from the computation of each participant’s assimilation score, due to conceptual redundancy.

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Titel: Considering the Tower of Babel: Correlates of Assimilation and Multiculturalism among Ethnic Minority and Majority Groups in the United States
verfasst von: Christopher Wolsko
Bernadette Park
Charles M. Judd
Publikationsdatum: 01.09.2006
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Social Justice Research / Ausgabe 3/2006
Print ISSN: 0885-7466
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-6725
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11211-006-0014-8

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