Racism, Wellbeing and Extremist Identification in Australia

利用已建立的偏见社会心理学理论，该项目旨在通过确定如何在多元文化社会中维持种族主义以及如何减少其破坏性后果来打击种族主义。种族主义是一个普遍存在的问题，其有害影响每年使澳大利亚损失约464亿美元。该项目计划调查种族间微小的负面互动如何使种族敌意和种族隔离永久化；消极的种族间互动如何导致极端主义的认同和同情；以及偏见和歧视如何在不同的少数群体之间发展。它还计划调查与多数群体（如澳大利亚白人）的积极互动如何促进少数群体成员的福祉和健康行为。项目成果可能会带来促进澳大利亚社会凝聚力的解决方案。

Drawing on established social psychological theories of prejudice, the project aims to combat racism by ascertaining how it is maintained within a multicultural society and how its damaging consequences can be diminished. Racism is a pervasive problem and its harmful effects cost Australia an estimated $46.4 billion each year. The project plans to investigate how small negative interracial interactions can perpetuate racial hostility and segregation; how negative interracial interactions might lead to extremist identification and sympathies; and how prejudice and discrimination develops between different minority groups. It also plans to investigate how positive interactions with majority groups (eg White Australians) might promote wellbeing and healthy behaviours in minority group members. Project outcomes may lead to solutions that promote social cohesion in Australia.