In the previous dispatch, I showed that working class people exhibit no more nativism than members of the hegemonic class. They do, however, overreport their enthusiasm for protecting American culture from foreign influence; while the latter tend to underreport the same. The opposite signs of the reporting bias for the two classes have to do with differences in notions of social desirability in their respective reference groups. Put simply, not being read into Boasian antiracism, members of the working class are afraid of being thought of as insufficiently patriotic; while members of the hegemonic class are afraid of being suspected of racism.
Notes on the Myth of Working Class Racism (2)
Notes on the Myth of Working Class Racism (2)
Notes on the Myth of Working Class Racism (2)
In the previous dispatch, I showed that working class people exhibit no more nativism than members of the hegemonic class. They do, however, overreport their enthusiasm for protecting American culture from foreign influence; while the latter tend to underreport the same. The opposite signs of the reporting bias for the two classes have to do with differences in notions of social desirability in their respective reference groups. Put simply, not being read into Boasian antiracism, members of the working class are afraid of being thought of as insufficiently patriotic; while members of the hegemonic class are afraid of being suspected of racism.