Untangling Instrumental and Moral Concerns in Black American’s Endorsement of Respectability Politics

• In Event: Respectability and Deservingness

Brief Overview

We contribute to the debate about the evolving role of the Black Church as a socializing agent in Black politics by using a MIMIC model to understand how religion affects responses to the Politics of Respectability Scale.

Authors

• Abigail Woodfield, Stony Brook University

• Morgan Chase Pettit, Stony Brook University

• Seden Yilmazturk, Stony Brook University