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Does Shared Social Disadvantage Cause Black–Latino Political Commonality?

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  • Israel-Trummel, Mackenzie L.
  • Schachter, Ariela

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Shared social disadvantage relative to Whites is assumed to motivate inter-minority political behavior but we lack causal evidence. Using a survey experiment of 1,200 African Americans, we prompt respondents to consider group social position when evaluating political commonality with Latinos. The experiment describes racial disparities in a randomized domain (education or housing), varies the description of inequality (either Black versus White, Latino versus White, or Black and Latino versus White), and offers half of the respondents a political cue to test whether shared social disadvantage causes Blacks’ perceptions of political commonality with Latinos. We find little evidence of a causal relationship. We conclude that cross-racial minority political coalitions may be more difficult to activate than previously thought.

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  • Israel-Trummel, Mackenzie L. & Schachter, Ariela, 2019. "Does Shared Social Disadvantage Cause Black–Latino Political Commonality?," Journal of Experimental Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 6(1), pages 43-52, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:jexpos:v:6:y:2019:i:01:p:43-52_00
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