“Racialized Mass Shootings and Attitudes toward Targeted Groups,” Kiela Crabtree, Emory University

AMERICAN POLITICS & PUBLIC POLICY WORKSHOP

Abstract: A growing literature finds that mass shooting incidents in the United States have few, if any, lasting consequences for mass political behavior. But when those incidents clearly and indisputably target specific ethno-racial groups, is there evidence that such violence changes perceptions about the targeted group and shifts related policy attitudes? With several sources of nationwide survey data, in addition to a survey experiment, this project presents a more robust picture of the political aftermath of racialized mass shootings by documenting the deep entrenchment of public opinion surrounding such incidents.

Kiela Crabtree is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Emory University. Her research focuses on the political consequences of both historical and contemporary racial violence in the United States.

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