@article{93826,
  author = {Daniel J. Hopkins and Jonathan Mummolo and Victoria Esses and Cheryl Kaiser and Helen Marrow and Monica McDermott},
  title = {Out of Context: The Unexpected Absence of Spatial Variation in U.S. Immigrants{\textquoteright} Perceptions of Discrimination},
  abstract = { <p>
	Immigrants{\textquoteright} perceptions of discrimination (PD) correlate strongly with various political outcomes, including group consciousness and partisan identity. Here, we examine the hypothesis that immigrants{\textquoteright} PD vary across US localities, as threatened responses by native-born residents may increase perceived discrimination among neighboring immigrants. We also consider the alternative hypothesis that barriers to the expression and detection of discrimination decouple native-born attitudes from immigrants{\textquoteright} perceptions about their treatment. We test these claims by analyzing three national surveys of almost 11,000 first-generation Latino, Asian, and Muslim immigrants. The results indicate that immigrants{\textquoteright} PD hardly vary across localities. While anti-immigrant attitudes are known to be geographically clustered, immigrants{\textquoteright} PD prove not to be. This mismatch helps us narrow the potential causes of perceived discrimination, and it suggests the value of further research into perceived discrimination{\textquoteright}s consequences for immigrants{\textquoteright} social and political incorporation.
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 },
  year = {2016},
  journal = {Politics, Groups and Identities},
  volume = {4},
  pages = {363-392},
  language = {eng},
}