Valuing Liberty or Equality? Personality and Political Tolerance of Racist Speech

• In Event: The Political Psychology of Tolerance

Brief Overview

Using a comparative online survey in Canada (n=1650) and the United States (n=1650), we examine whether four personality traits predict whether racist speech is "least liked" and whether empathetic people, in particular, are less tolerant of it.

Authors

• Allison Harell, Université du Québec à Montréal

• Robert A. Hinckley, SUNY College at Potsdam

• Jordan Mansell, University of Quebec at Montreal