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Citation

Herda D. Soc. Sci. Res. 2016; 55: 48-62.

Affiliation

Merrimack College, Sociology, S6, 315 Turnpike Street, North Andover, MA, 01845, USA. Electronic address: herdad@merrimack.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.09.010

PMID

26680287

Abstract

This analysis examines fear of interpersonal racial discrimination among Black, Hispanic, and White adolescents. The extent and correlates of these concerns are examined using survey data from the Project for Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods. Borrowing from the fear-of-crime literature, the contact hypothesis, and group threat theory, several hypotheses are developed linking discrimination fear to direct personal experience with discrimination, indirect or vicarious experience, and environmental signals of discrimination.

RESULTS show that about half of Blacks and Hispanics have feared discrimination in the past year. Multivariate results indicate that fear is most likely if one has experienced victimization first-hand and when one's parent is affected by discrimination. Further, a larger presence neighborhood outgroups produces greater fear. Overall, discrimination fear constitutes an additional obstacle for minority adolescents as they transition to adulthood. The phenomenon warrants increased scholarly attention and represents a fruitful avenue for future research.


Language: en

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