| Popis: |
When salient immigrant groups include both co-ethnics and non-coethnics, how might co-ethnicity potentially moderate the effect of norm-violation on anti-immigrant sentiments? When norms are adhered to, I expect immigrants to have a preference for co-ethnic immigrants over non-coethnic immigrants. However, when norms are violated, I hypothesised that native-born citizens will penalize co-ethnic immigrants more than non-coethnic immigrants. This is because the violation of civic norms is an outgroup cue that clearly demarcates the immigrant as the ‘Other’. Yet when the perpetrator is a co-ethnic, ethnic similarities with the norm-violating immigrant blurs the boundary between the native-born citizen and this ‘Other’, threatening the native’s evaluation of self. Ethnicity is an especially unique marker of identity in this regard because of its ‘stickiness’ and visibility. I test this theory with a sample of 1,100 respondents in Singapore, using a 2x3 factorial experiment that interacts ethnicity and norm adherence/violation. Respondents are given a vignette describing a hypothetical immigrant to read, before being asked a series of questions evaluating their attitudes towards this hypothetical immigrant. |
