(1/7) 📢 New research alert!
Even when people are shown clear evidence of #discrimination, it doesn‘t change their support for anti-discrimination policies.
Read @kkrakows.bsky.social, @asmusletholsen.bsky.social, and my article in @ajpseditor.bsky.social to find out why: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12933
Even when people are shown clear evidence of #discrimination, it doesn‘t change their support for anti-discrimination policies.
Read @kkrakows.bsky.social, @asmusletholsen.bsky.social, and my article in @ajpseditor.bsky.social to find out why: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12933
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People may be willing to acknowledge hardship but reluctant to endorse policies that challenge the status quo.
Read more here: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12933
✅ Credible (by 4 different researchers
🚫 Illegal (by 4 different lawyers)
😔 Harmful (by 4 different minority members)
… but none of these framings changed people’s support for anti-discrimination policies!
We found that most people already overestimate the extent of discrimination against Muslims in Denmark!
But do today‘s rigorous audit studies convince the public? 🤔
#FieldExperiment #AuditStudy #Sociology