Hi,
I would like this SPSP 2021 talk to be uploaded to the 2021 SPSP Annual
Convention OSF page. I've attached a .pdf of the entire symposium
atttached below.
Let me know if you need anything else!
ABSTRACT
Four talks document how perceptions of advantaged group members, rather
than beliefs about disadvantaged groups, stifle diversity within
universities and organizations. The first two talks examine how focus on
advantaged groups shapes attitudes towards diversity initiatives. Ballinger
identifies which aspects of organizations’ diversity policies White
participants infer are detrimental to advantaged group interests and
subsequently cause backlash (N=691). Brown demonstrates that even when
diversity policies explicitly benefit both advantaged and disadvantaged
groups, advantaged group members misperceive these diversity policies as
harmful to their group (N=2400). The last two talks then demonstrate how a
focus on the advantaged group may perpetuate discrimination. Preston finds
that White and minority leadership candidates are evaluated differently
when their leadership style is compared to that of White predecessors
(N=1200). Finally, Phillips shows that discrimination framed as advantaging
a group is deemed more acceptable than discrimination framed as
disadvantaging a group (N=3197). Each talk highlights possible avenues
toward more equal representation.