The aftermath of the January 6th U.S. Capitol insurrection has left Americans grappling with deep divisions, commonly attributed to political partisanship. However, a recent study conducted by UC Berkeley sheds light on a more profound division: racial resentment.
White individuals harboring resentment towards perceived racial advantages of Black people were notably more inclined to question the necessity of the bipartisan U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack, as revealed by the study co-authored by David C. Wilson, dean at the Goldman School of Public Policy.
“Partisan politics provide only a partial explanation for the events of January 6th,” Wilson remarked. “There exists a potent racial dimension, not solely driven by prejudice, but also by perceptions of how African Americans challenge existing systems of merit.”
