Monday, December 26, 2016

White Donald Trump Supporters Are More Likely to Oppose Public Policies When They’re Made to Think About Black People

psmag.com/trump-supporters-are-more-likely-to-oppose-public-policies-when-they-think-about-black-people-b94883884a16#.vjhosxo78

What’s new here is the difference between Trump supporters and opponents. For opponents of Trump, priming made them more sympathetic toward mortgage holders; for supporters, priming made them less. This speaks to a real divide among Americans. Some of us feel real hostility toward African Americans. Others definitely do not.