Angry White Parents: How Anger Mobilizes White Participation in Local School Board Politics

• In Event: Group Identities, Anger, and Mobilization

Brief Overview

Using a survey experiment, we show that White parents participate more in local school boards when they experience anger induced by attention to teaching about white privilege in schools.

Authors

• Hilary Jan Izatt, Binghamton University

• Francy Luna Diaz, University of Michigan

• Zoe Walker, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor