White Privilege: The Effect of Informer Race on Perceived Legitimacy
White Privilege: The Effect of Informer Race on Perceived Legitimacy
Project Details
- Keywords: White privilege, perception, informer, race
- Student Investigator:
Elizabeth Hawkins
- Faculty Mentor: Amanda Sesko, Ph.D.
Abstract
The goal of this research was to investigate how the race of an informer of White privilege affects the perceived legitimacy and recognition of its existence through either a factual based (central route) or emotion based (peripheral route) message.