Multiracial Growth in the U.S. and Evolving Boundaries of Whiteness

• In Event: Multiracial Politics: The Effects of Fluid Identities and Shifting Boundaries on Multiracial Public Opinion

Brief Overview

We use a survey experiment that displays racially ambiguous figures whose partisan affiliations and ancestries are randomly varied to test how boundaries of whiteness tighten or relax in ways consistent with partisan biases and demographic threat.

Authors

• Rachel Lienesch, Indiana University, Bloomington

• Lauren Davenport, Stanford University