Opinion Science

#73: Navigating Diversity with Maureen Craig

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Maureen Craig studies how we navigate a diverse social world. She's an associate professor of psychology at New York University. In our conversation, she shares her work looking at people's reactions to the ever-increasing diversity of their social environments. How do people react to the news that one day, less than half of the U.S. population will be White? She also shares her other work on who tends to advocate for whom. What makes an "ally"? When do members of one minority group stand up for another minority group? 

Things that come up in this episode:

• People often implicitly associate “American” with “White” (see Devos & Mohamed, 2014)
• According to the U.S. Census, less than half of Americans under 18 are White (AP News, 2021) and less than half of White Americans live in predominantly White neighborhoods (Washington Post, 2022)
• For a summary of the work on people’s reactions to increasing racial diversity, see Craig et al. (2018)
• For a summary of the work on solidarity and allyship, check out Craig et al. (2020)
• People assume that certain racial groups are aligned on specific social and political issues (Craig et al., 2022)
• Framing inequality in terms of the disadvantaged group prompts more support for action than framing it in terms of the advantaged group (Dietze & Craig, 2021)

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