Emotions and racial differences, moving forward

ABSTRACT

Emotions research in political psychology has paid insufficient attention to race, and this symposium on emotion and Black politics is a promising step forward. Race and politics scholars call attention to emotion-laden issues outside of elections and show how different life experiences interact with emotions to affect politics. At the most basic level, we need more data sets with Black over samples in order to move forward, but this is not sufficient. As race and politics scholars demonstrate, their work does not simply apply old models to new data. Rather, their research leads to new theorizing that helps us understand the fundamental role that emotion plays in all facets of American political life.

KEYWORDS:

• Emotion
• black politics
• anger
• anxiety
• political psychology

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