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Threat And Emotions: Mobilizing And Attitudinal Outcomes Of A Ballistic Missile Scare, Christopher Robertson
Threat And Emotions: Mobilizing And Attitudinal Outcomes Of A Ballistic Missile Scare, Christopher Robertson
Faculty Scholarship
This study examines the false ballistic missile alert that occurred in Hawaii in 2018, which presented a unique opportunity for assessing the civic and mobilizing outcomes of a threat. In the days that followed the scare, we conducted an online experiment to investigate its effects on willingness to engage in activism and concerns about broader issues. Our results show that emotions serve as an important mechanism for channeling threat experiences into concern about specific causes. Those most emotionally affected by the missile scare in Hawaii thought it more important to engage in activities to control the spread of nuclear weapons, …
Anti-Asian American Racism, Covid-19, Racism Contested, Humor, And Empathy, Peter H. Huang
Anti-Asian American Racism, Covid-19, Racism Contested, Humor, And Empathy, Peter H. Huang
FIU Law Review
This Article analyzes the history of anti-Asian American racism. This Article considers how anger, fear, and hatred over COVID-19 fueled the increase of anti-Asian American racism. This Article introduces the phrase, racism contested, to describe an incident where some people view racism as clearly involved, while some people do not. This Article critiques respectability politics for being an ineffective response to racism. This Article proposes how to utilize humor to engage non-violent racism. This Article studies how to achieve DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) by Empathy Through Personal Perspective Pivoting (ETPPP).