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Most studies on self-esteem among black and white Americans include samples of elementary school and high school students. In the present study, data on 298 black and white college students and an examination of the relationship between student's grade point average and self-esteem were presented. Several findings corroborate earlier research on school-age children. Self-esteem scores of blacks and whites were not significantly different, despite blacks having significantly lower grade point averages than whites. The relationship between grade point average and self-esteem, however, was negligible among blacks and among white males, suggesting that academic achievement is not critical to the self-concept of college students. Article: The issue of race differences in global self-esteem is one that generates considerable academic interest as well as some controversy. Most of the studies on this topic conducted in the United States have examined public school populations and have indicated no consistent differences between the self-esteem levels of black and white American students (Porter & Washington, 1979; Wylie, 1979). Over the last 15 years, findings of greater self-esteem among blacks than whites have been reported among samples of elementary school students (

Fear of crime and the likelihood of future victimization for Hispanics and Blacks in the United States was examined. The sample size was 2,235 (1,696 Black and 539 Hispanic respondents). Fear of crime and the likelihood of victimization were perceived as serious social problems by both Hispanics and Blacks, but Hispanics and women reported higher levels of fear of crime and felt more likely to be victimized than Blacks and men did.

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