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The Changing Color of Welfare? How Whites' Attitudes toward Latinos Influence Support for Welfare
2004
American Journal of Sociology
This article uses the National Election Study to consider how stereotypes about Latinos influence white support for welfare. It shows that whites' stereotypes about Latino work ethic grow more positive as the size of the Latino population increases, suggesting positive effects of contact. Moreover, the effect of whites' stereotypes about Latino-but not black-work ethic on support for welfare is contingent on ethnic context. In areas with few Latinos, the lazier whites think Latinos are, the
doi:10.1086/422587
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