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Rotten Apple, Rotten Tree: Antecedents and Consequences of Beliefs about the Persistence of Systemic Racism

Corley, Natarshia
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1263-0248
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1656100713194897

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2022, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Psychology.
Research regarding prejudice and racism has largely focused on instances of overt individual racism, lending to the belief that racism is the product of a few “bad apples” and has largely ignored the existence of systemic racism, until recently. Previous research has established that beliefs about systemic racism has implications for Black people’s goal efficacy. It remains unclear, however, how these beliefs are affected by current events and the relationship they hold with collective action. Across three studies we examined whether attention to current events during the Chauvin trial would impact beliefs about the persistence of systemic racism and collective action intentions. The results consistently indicate that when Black people pay attention to current events, they are more willing to participate in collective action, though this is not always enough to change perceptions about the persistence of systemic racism. Additionally, Study 2 shows that when Black people pay attention to current events, they are more likely to engage in collective action, less likely to perceive systemic racism as persistent, and report greater goal efficacy. The evidence is consistent with two distinct models: 1) attention to current events affects perceptions of systemic racism which affects collective action intentions, and 2) attention to current events predicts collective action intentions which affects beliefs about systemic racism and in turn predicts goal efficacy. Future studies that could begin to establish the causality of these variables are discussed.
Steven Spencer (Advisor)
Lisa Libby (Committee Member)
Richard Petty (Committee Member)
Social Psychology
systemic racism; collective action

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  • Corley, N. (2022). Rotten Apple, Rotten Tree: Antecedents and Consequences of Beliefs about the Persistence of Systemic Racism [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1656100713194897

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Corley, Natarshia. Rotten Apple, Rotten Tree: Antecedents and Consequences of Beliefs about the Persistence of Systemic Racism. 2022. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1656100713194897.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Corley, Natarshia. "Rotten Apple, Rotten Tree: Antecedents and Consequences of Beliefs about the Persistence of Systemic Racism." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1656100713194897

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