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6 - Anger Constraint

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2024

Antoine J. Banks
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, College Park
Ismail K. White
Affiliation:
Princeton University, New Jersey
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Chapter 6 delves deeper into how the anger rule affects Black political decision-making by extending our analysis to three adult national samples of Black Americans. We investigate how Black Americans evaluate a Black and white male politician’s expression of anger. We expect Black Americans to abide by the anger rule in spaces controlled by whites. In our first experimental study, Black Americans evaluate a Black or white Democratic politician running for United States Senate. The results show some evidence that Black Americans are more supportive of a non-angry Black politician relative to an angry Black politician and an angry white politician. In the second study, we provide a clearer signal of the racial makeup of the voting population – majority Black or white Congressional district. We find that Black Americans only reward a non-angry Black politician relative to an angry Black politician when running in a majority white congressional district. Black Americans do not prefer this type of Black politician running in a majority Black congressional district. In the third study, we show that when Black Americans are encouraged to express anger, they gravitate toward politics challenging their group’s status.

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The Anger Rule
Racial Inequality and Constraints on Black Politicians
, pp. 121 - 141
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Anger Constraint
  • Antoine J. Banks, University of Maryland, College Park, Ismail K. White, Princeton University, New Jersey
  • Book: The Anger Rule
  • Online publication: 15 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009275255.006
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  • Anger Constraint
  • Antoine J. Banks, University of Maryland, College Park, Ismail K. White, Princeton University, New Jersey
  • Book: The Anger Rule
  • Online publication: 15 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009275255.006
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  • Anger Constraint
  • Antoine J. Banks, University of Maryland, College Park, Ismail K. White, Princeton University, New Jersey
  • Book: The Anger Rule
  • Online publication: 15 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009275255.006
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