Attitudes Toward Racial Integration

Social Construction and White Attitudes toward Equal Opportunity and Multiculturalism

“…Studies published in Scientific American in the 1970s reported that overt forms of segregation and opposition to the ideas of racial equality no longer characterized the attitudes of most white Americans toward racial issues (Greeley and Sheatsley 1971;Taylor, Sheatsley, and Greeley 1978). These researchers reported that white attitudes were moving slowly, yet steadily in an egalitarian and integrationist direction.…”

Evidence for racial prejudice at the implicit level and its relationship with questionnaire measures.

“…Over the past 40 years, opinion surveys have documented substantial changes in racial attitudes among White Americans (Campbell, 1971;Greeley & Sheatsley, 1971;Hyman & Sheatsley, 1956, 1964Schuman, Steeh, & Bobo, 1985;Taylor, Sheatsley, & Greeley, 1978). On survey questions ranging from the assessment of attitudes toward school desegregation to measures of social distance (e.g., "How would you react if a family member wanted to bring a Black friend to dinner?…”

Latino Group Consciousness and Perceptions of Commonality with African Americans*

“…Most research exploring intergroup perceptions has focused on the interactions between African Americans and whites (Hyman and Sheatsley, 1956;Taylor, Greeley, and Sheatsley, 1978;Kluegel and Smith, 1986;Tuch, 1987;Kluegel, 1990;Bobo and Kluegel, 1993;Wright, 1977;Ellison and Powers, 1994;Fitzpatrick and Hwang, 1992;Sigelman and Welch, 1993;Welch et al, 2001;Fossett and Kiecolt, 1989;Frisbie and Niedert, 1977;Giles and Buckner, 1993;Glaser, 1994;Quillian, 1996;Taylor, 1998), with a smaller focus on African American's attitudes toward Latinos (Bobo and Massagli, 2001;Bobo et al, 1994;Dyer, Vedlitz, and Worchel, 1989;Mindiola, Niemann, and Rodriguez, 2002;Gay, 2005). However, less is known about how Latinos view African Americans.…”