White Americans' Reactions to Racial Disparities in Covid-19

June 27, 2021

White Americans' Reactions to Racial Disparities in Covid-19

I fielded a survey experiment on a nationally representative sample of 591 white Americans to test whether exposure to information about the disparate impact of COVID-19 on Black people influenced white Americans’ opinion about COVID-19 policies. I found that racially prejudiced white Americans who were exposed to the treatment diminished the importance of wearing a face mask.