Subjective perceptions of inequality can substantially influence policy attitudes, public health
metrics, and societal well‐being, but the lack of consensus in the scientific community on …

Our desire to cultivate and sustain positive identities has a powerful influence on workplace
diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) dynamics. While sometimes the quest for positive …

Historically, laws and policies to criminalize drug use or possession were rooted in explicit
racism, and they continue to wreak havoc on certain racialized communities. We are a group …

One of the major tenets of Critical Race Theory, the interest convergence hypothesis
postulates that policies promising improvements for Black Americans are enacted only to the …

Nine preregistered studies (n= 4197) demonstrate that advantaged group members
misperceive equality as necessarily harming their access to resources and inequality as …

The dominant theoretical approach to exploring ethnic and racial inequality in marketing and
consumer research focuses on discrete acts of discrimination that stem from social …

Americans remain unaware of the magnitude of economic inequality in the nation and the
degree to which it is patterned by race. We exposed a community sample of respondents to …

Diversification of police forces is widely promoted as a reform for reducing racial disparities
in police–civilian interactions and increasing police legitimacy. Despite these potential …

Six studies show that majority members misperceive diversity policies as unbeneficial to
their ingroup, even when policies benefit them. Majority members perceived nonzero-sum …

To make accurate causal inferences about social-group inequalities, people must consider
structural causes. Structural causes are a distinct type of extrinsic cause—they are stable …