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racial threat hypothesis: a standalone construct

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racial threathypothesis1 CONSTRUCTRacial threat hypothesisQUILLIAN · SOCIOLOGY

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the proposition that prejudice and social control rise as a minority group grows in size, because the majority perceives a threat to its interests.

In sociology, racial threat hypothesis refers to the proposition that prejudice and social control rise as a minority group grows in size, because the majority perceives a threat to its interests. This meaning comes from Quillian (1995) in American Sociological Review.[1]

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  1. Quillian, L. (1995). Prejudice as a Response to Perceived Group Threat: Population Composition and Anti-Immigrant and Racial Prejudice in Europe. American Sociological Review, 60(4), 586. https://doi.org/10.2307/2096296

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