Two studies explored the intersection between the COVID-19 pandemic and the continuing fight for racial justice. The pandemic has exacerbated existing racial inequalities in the United States in terms of public health and economic outcomes, and it is well-established that individuals higher in racial bias are less likely to support social safety net programs such as those meant to improve public health and reduce poverty. This is particularly true among individuals who perceive racial minorities as overbenefitting from safety net programs. Accordingly, the primary focus of the current studies was to examine whether framing the pandemic in terms of its disproportionate impact on minorities would reduce support for pandemic mitigation policies. In addition, we examine whether such effects were mediated through psychological mechanisms of moral outrage and perceptions of realistic and symbolic threat, and moderated by participants’ racial bias. Participants’ belief in a just world was included as a covariate given its established role in predicting many related social outcomes. Results suggested that racial framing interacts with participants’ racial bias to affect policy support indirectly through multiple mechanisms. Broad implications regarding the relationship between racial bias and public support for a strong social safety net are discussed.

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大流行结果的种族框架对支持 COVID-19 缓解政策有条件的间接影响：检查基于道德和威胁的调解机制

两项研究探讨了 COVID-19 大流行与持续争取种族正义的斗争之间的交叉点。这场大流行加剧了美国在公共卫生和经济成果方面现有的种族不平等，而且众所周知，种族偏见较高的个人不太可能支持旨在改善公共卫生和经济的社会安全网计划。减少贫困。在认为少数族裔从安全网计划中过度受益的个人中尤其如此。因此，当前研究的主要重点是检查是否根据大流行对少数群体的不成比例的影响来界定大流行是否会减少对大流行缓解政策的支持。此外，我们研究了这种影响是否通过道德愤怒的心理机制以及对现实和象征性威胁的感知进行调节，并通过参与者的种族偏见进行调节。鉴于参与者在预测许多相关社会结果方面的既定作用，参与者对公正世界的信念被列为协变量。结果表明，种族框架与参与者的种族偏见相互作用，通过多种机制间接影响政策支持。讨论了关于种族偏见与公众对强大社会安全网的支持之间关系的广泛影响。结果表明，种族框架与参与者的种族偏见相互作用，通过多种机制间接影响政策支持。讨论了关于种族偏见与公众对强大社会安全网的支持之间关系的广泛影响。结果表明，种族框架与参与者的种族偏见相互作用，通过多种机制间接影响政策支持。讨论了关于种族偏见与公众对强大社会安全网的支持之间关系的广泛影响。