Using nostalgia to reduce prejudice toward immigrants

This peer-reviewed article title “Using nostalgia to reduce prejudice towards immigrants” written by Maria Gravani, Anastasia Soureti, and Sofia Stathi discusses a way to reduce immigrant prejudices and how immigrants are treated in Greece. The paper mentions have immigrants are typically viewed as vulnerable. The relates how nostalgia can reduce tensions and harsh feelings towards immigrants that occur in immigration crisis. This is seen through how nostalgia has been linked with increasing social bonds and positive self-esteem, as well as optimism. This article is less bias as many news articles because of the research nature. The authors base their conclusions based off their own study and other statistics about how immigrants are treated and why. There is however bias because of the push for better treatment towards immigrants. This research was conducted to find a way for immigrants and citizens to create better relationships and reduce prejudice. Results showed that there was a correlation between nostalgia and better relationships with immigrants in the study.

Gravani, Maria, et al. “Using Nostalgia to Reduce Prejudice toward Immigrants.”
European Journal of Social Psychology, Mar. 2018, eds.a.ebscohost.com/
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