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This version was published on September 1, 2007
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 33, No. 9, 1237-1250 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167207303016

Framing Inequity Safely: Whites' Motivated Perceptions of Racial Privilege

Brian S. Lowery

Stanford University, blowery{at}stanford.edu

Eric D. Knowles

University of California, Irvine

Miguel M. Unzueta

University of California, Los Angeles

Racial inequity was theorized to threaten Whites' self-image when inequity is framed as White privilege but not when framed as anti-Black discrimination. Manipulations of Whites' need for self-regard were hypothesized to affect their perceptions of White privilege but not of anti-Black discrimination. In Experiment 1, White participants reported less privilege when given threatening (vs. affirming) feedback on an intelligence or personality test; in contrast, perceptions of anti-Black discrimination were unaffected by self-concept manipulations. In Experiment 2, threatening (vs. affirming) feedback decreased privilege perceptions only among Whites high in racial identity. Using a value-based self-affirmation manipulation, Experiment 3 replicated the effect of self-image concerns on Whites' perceptions of privilege and provided evidence that self-concerns, through their effect on perceived privilege, influence Whites' support for redistributive social policies.

Key Words: inequity • self-enhancement • White identity • White privilege


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