Kirils Makarovs|Nick Allum
Social identity and racial disparities in science literacy
University of Amsterdam|University of Essex
research africanamericans relationship science relatively sparse general suggests higher levels alienation among white counterparts whether form less positive attitudes science lower scientific literacy article leverage social identity theory examine role racial social identity ingroup evaluation putative mechanisms produce disparities use data general social survey pooled three waves basis investigation results analysis indicate controlling covariates statistically significant difference effect racial selfidentification science knowledge among africanamericans whites however provide evidence effect favourable ingroup evaluation science knowledge differs two groups positive africanamericans compared whites