Research Article by Yao Lu Published in PNAS
Priming COVID-19 salience increases prejudice and discriminatory intent against Asians and Hispanics
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America has published a new study co-authored by Yao Lu, an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Columbia University. The research article "investigates whether the COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated prejudice and discrimination against racial/ethnic minority groups. Results from a nationally representative survey experiment about roommate selection suggest that incidents of anti-Asian hostility reported in the media are not isolated acts but signal-amplified racism against East Asians."