Rise of the alt-White? Examining the prevalence of perceived racial and gender discrimination among White men from 2014 to 2023

IF 3 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

British Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2025-08-28 DOI:10.1111/bjso.70010

Kieren J. Lilly, Chantelle Kimberley, Zoe Bertenshaw, Joaquín Bahamondes, Chris G. Sibley, Danny Osborne

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The alt-right increasingly claims that White men are becoming targets of discrimination, yet few studies examine how, and for whom, perceived (reverse) discrimination manifests among White men. We address this oversight by examining rates of change in perceptions of ethnic and gender discrimination across 10 annual waves of a nationwide sample of White men (2014 to 2023; N = 20,486). Latent class growth analysis revealed that most White men (82.75% of participants) reported low and stable perceptions of discrimination over time, alleviating concerns of widespread discontent. However, we identified a Disenfranchised class (8.49%) that perceived moderate discrimination and a Radicalized class (8.76%) whose initially low levels of perceived discrimination increased markedly over time. These classes differed across socio-demographic variables, socio-political attitudes and well-being measures. We thus identify how, and for whom, perceptions of discrimination change over time among White men and how these changes undermine health and progressive social change.

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另类白人的崛起？研究了2014年至2023年白人男性中种族和性别歧视的普遍程度

另类右翼越来越多地声称白人男性正在成为歧视的目标，但很少有研究调查白人男性如何以及对谁表现出（反向）歧视。我们通过对全国范围内白人男性样本（2014年至2023年；N = 20,486）的10次年度浪潮中种族和性别歧视观念的变化率进行研究，解决了这一疏忽问题。潜在阶层增长分析显示，随着时间的推移，大多数白人男性（82.75%的参与者）对歧视的感知较低且稳定，减轻了对普遍不满的担忧。然而，我们发现一个被剥夺公民权的阶层（8.49%）感受到适度的歧视，而一个激进的阶层（8.76%）最初感受到的低水平歧视随着时间的推移而显著增加。这些阶层在社会人口变量、社会政治态度和福祉指标上存在差异。因此，我们确定白人男性对歧视的看法如何以及为谁而变化，以及这些变化如何破坏健康和渐进的社会变革。

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