@article{ref1,
title="White by another name? Can anti-Christian bias claims serve as a racial dog whistle?",
journal="Psychological science",
year="2024",
author="Al-Kire, Rosemary L. and Miller, Chad A. and Pasek, Michael H. and Perry, Samuel L. and Wilkins, Clara L.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Four preregistered experiments (N = 4,307) explored whether anti-Christian bias claims can discreetly signal White allyship among Christian American adults. In Experiments 1 and 2, reading about anti-Christian bias led White, but not Black, Christians to perceive more anti-White bias. Experiments 3 and 4 demonstrate the connection between Christian and White can be leveraged by politicians in the form of a racial dog whistle. In Experiment 3, White Christians perceived a politician concerned about anti-Christian bias as caring more about anti-White bias and more willing to fight for White people (relative to a control). This politician was also perceived as less offensive than a politician concerned about anti-White bias. In Experiment 4, Black Christians perceived a politician concerned about anti-Christian bias as less offensive than one concerned about anti-White bias yet still unlikely to fight for Black people. <br><br>RESULTS suggest &quot;anti-Christian bias&quot; can provide a relatively palatable way to signal allegiance to White people.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0956-7976",
doi="10.1177/09567976241236162",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09567976241236162"
}