Economic factors in racial attitudes towards redistribution
Tarah Williams and Andrew J. Bloeser
Why are some white Americans more supportive of policies that help Black Americans? Tarah Williams and Andrew J. Bloeser (Allegheny College, USA) show that economic comfort plays a big role in how white people feel about racial redistribution.
Episode based on the article
A Matter of Solidarity: Racial Redistribution and the Economic Limits of Racial Sympathy
By Tarah Williams and Andrew J. Bloeser
Podcast Version
About the Speakers
Tarah Williams is an assistant professor of political science at Allegheny College. Her research interests include political behavior, political psychology, and the way that racial and gender prejudice shapes American political life.
Andrew J. Bloeser is an associate professor of political science at Allegheny College and the director of the Allegheny College Center for Political Participation. His research focuses on the influence of race and social class on policy attitudes and citizens’ commitments to democratic norms.