1) reports that while racism is traditionally the idea of discriminatory views arising from the belief that one race is superior to another, in contemporary times, the term is used in a much broader sense. Specifically, racism can refer to any negative and stereotypic view of another based on race or ethnicity. The question examined in this section of the review was: Are people more likely to support war if they are prejudiced toward certain racial, ethnic, or religious groups?
Unfortunately, while there are many studies that address this question, there has not been a great deal of research that specifically examined the question using controlled methodologies and reliable and valid objective measures of racism and/or prejudice. Nonetheless, there are some studies that provide at least preliminary information.
One such study is that conducted by Berinsky (2004) who examined public attitude research conducted prior to America's involvement in WWII to determine whether support for the war was influenced by diver
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