Markets Embedded in White Supremacy Ideology: Racialized Perceptions in the U.S. Economy

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Abstract

This paper examines relationship between white supremacy ideology, as manifested in anti-blackness sentiment in whites, in the social construction of markets. Using the 2012 American National Election Study, I conduct path analyses that demonstrate how increased levels of anti-blackness in whites is associated with increased negative perceptions of the economy while accounting for family income and years of education. Association of anti-blackness effects are statistically significant with whites’ perception of the economy. Moreover, I found that the majority of the anti-blackness sentiment’s effect on perceptions of the economy were mediated through conservative, market fundamentalism, and libertarian ideology measures. These findings suggest a relationship between anti-blackness and perceptions of the economy.

Author

• Oscar J Mayorga, UCLA