2024/08/02 by Elias Steinhilper, Stefanie Hechler, Tae Jun Kim · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Critical Race Theory in Education #Gender studies #German #History #Law #Mobilization #Political science #Racial and Ethnic Identity Research #Racism #Scope (computer science) #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Sociology
paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/01419870.2024.2383717
openalex publication_date 2024/08/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
While antiracist protest has gained increasing prominence in Europe in recent years, the lack of representative data has so far prevented an assessment of the scope and drivers of antiracist protest outside of the United States. This paper addresses this gap drawing from a unique survey (N = 5003) on racism in Germany. Building upon sociological and social psychological theories of protest, the article explores the scope and role of key demographic, cognitive, and emotional factors for protest practice and protest potential. Our data suggests that antiracist protest is supported by considerable parts of German society and finds that mediated experiences of racism and emotional reactions matter as drivers of mobilization: those with and without a personal experience of racism are more likely to protest if they were told of racist experiences by others. This effect is even more pronounced if participants are emotionally affected by personal and mediated experiences of racism.