{"id":48594,"date":"2016-08-07T23:29:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T23:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=48594"},"modified":"2016-11-11T19:52:40","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T19:52:40","slug":"othering-obama-racial-attitudes-and-dubious-beliefs-about-the-nations-first-black-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=48594","title":{"rendered":"Othering Obama: Racial Attitudes and Dubious Beliefs about the Nation\u2019s First Black President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1177\/0731121414536140\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Othering Obama: Racial Attitudes and Dubious Beliefs about the Nation\u2019s First Black President<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spx.sagepub.com\" target=\"_blank\">Sociological Perspectives<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spx.sagepub.com\/content\/57\/4.toc\" target=\"_blank\">Volume 57, Number 4<\/a> (December 2014)<br \/>\npages 450-469<br \/>\nDOI: <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1177\/0731121414536140\" target=\"_blank\">10.1177\/0731121414536140<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coss.fsu.edu\/d6\/sociology\/content\/daniel-tope\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Daniel Tope<\/strong><\/a>, Associate Professor of Sociology<br \/>\n<em>Florida State University<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.albany.edu\/scj\/31653.php\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Justin T. Pickett<\/strong><\/a>, Assistant Professor<br \/>\nSchool of Criminal Justice<br \/>\n<em>State University of New York, Albany<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ryon-j-cobb-ph-d-47823517\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ryon J. Cobb<\/strong><\/a>, National Institute on Aging Postdoctoral Fellow<br \/>\nDavis School of Gerontology<br \/>\n<em>University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sociology.osu.edu\/people\/dirlam.1\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Jonathan Dirlam<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nDepartment of Sociology<br \/>\n<em>Ohio State University<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The literature on descriptive representation indicates that the election of black political leaders may prompt white enmity. We assess this claim by examining the relationship between whites\u2019 racial attitudes and their likelihood of othering <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barack_Obama\" target=\"_blank\">Barack Obama<\/a> by labeling him as a Muslim and\/or a noncitizen interloper. The findings reveal that both symbolic racial resentment and traditional racial attitudes are associated with othering Obama. In addition, the results reveal that the relationship between racial resentment and othering is substantially mediated by the use of seemingly nonracist frames based on emotional reactions and negative expectations about an Obama presidency. Conversely, much of the effect of belief in traditional antiblack stereotypes was transmitted directly to othering Obama without the use of justificatory frames. Despite claims of racial progress, our findings suggest that racial sentiments\u2014both overt and symbolic\u2014continue to play a major role in politics.<\/p>\n<p>Read or purchase the article <a href=\"http:\/\/spx.sagepub.com\/content\/57\/4\/450.full.pdf+html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Othering Obama: Racial Attitudes and Dubious Beliefs about the Nation\u2019s First Black President Sociological Perspectives Volume 57, Number 4 (December 2014) pages 450-469 DOI: 10.1177\/0731121414536140 Daniel Tope, Associate Professor of Sociology Florida State University Justin T. Pickett, Assistant Professor School of Criminal Justice State University of New York, Albany Ryon J. 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