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The ability of names to prime stereotypes has been demonstrated in laboratory studies. To apply these theories and test the effect of name-based ethnic stereotypes on housing discrimination, an experiment was conducted on the Internet over a period of 10 weeks (6 weeks before the conflict with Iraq began in March, 2003 and 4 weeks during the conflict), in which 1115 inquiry email messages were sent to landlords who were advertising apartment vacancies in Los Angeles County. One of three names that implied either Arab, African American, or White ethnicity was randomly assigned to each of the 1115 messages sent. The results show that the African American and Arab names receive significantly fewer positive responses than the White name, and that the African American fares worst of all. This pattern holds true in all rent categories, in corporate and privately owned apartment complexes, and before and during the war in Iraq. |
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Name: International Communication Association
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| Carpusor, Adrian. and Loges, William. "Rental Discrimination and Ethnicity in Names (Top Interactive Paper)" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Dresden International Congress Centre, Dresden, Germany, Jun 16, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p90145_index.html> |
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| Carpusor, A. and Loges, W. E. , 2006-06-16 "Rental Discrimination and Ethnicity in Names (Top Interactive Paper)" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Dresden International Congress Centre, Dresden, Germany Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p90145_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: The ability of names to prime stereotypes has been demonstrated in laboratory studies. To apply these theories and test the effect of name-based ethnic stereotypes on housing discrimination, an experiment was conducted on the Internet over a period of 10 weeks (6 weeks before the conflict with Iraq began in March, 2003 and 4 weeks during the conflict), in which 1115 inquiry email messages were sent to landlords who were advertising apartment vacancies in Los Angeles County. One of three names that implied either Arab, African American, or White ethnicity was randomly assigned to each of the 1115 messages sent. The results show that the African American and Arab names receive significantly fewer positive responses than the White name, and that the African American fares worst of all. This pattern holds true in all rent categories, in corporate and privately owned apartment complexes, and before and during the war in Iraq. |
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| Rental Discrimination in Los Angeles: Perceptions of Ethnicity in Names The Fair Housing Act of 1988 (FHA) prohibits housing discrimination based on race color sex religion family status and national origin. Yet housing discrimination remains widespread in the United States. In the mid-1990s the Department of Housing and Urban Development estimated the number of incidents of housing discrimination based on race to be between 2 and 10 million a year (Feagin 1999). In light of this many government agencies |
| 84% 16% 68% 32% 53% 47% $1000-$1500 91% 9% 47% 53% 70% 30% > $1500 90% 10% 60% 40% 70% 30% Ownership Private 88% 12% 53% 47% 62% 38% Corporate 91% 9% 59% 41% 75% 25% Timing Pre-war 90% 10% 58% 42% 68% 32% During war 87% 13% 55% 45% 65% 35% Totals 89% 11% 56% 44% 66% 34% _______________________________________________________ Note: + indicates a positive response - indicates a negative response. |
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