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Direct linkWilson, Thomas C. – Social Forces, 2006
This study addresses whether whites' rejection of affirmative action reflects an opposition to group-based preferences per se, independent of their attitudes toward blacks. Analysis of 1996 General Social Survey data shows that whites' attitude toward preferential hiring and promotion of blacks is predicted by their attitude toward preferential…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Whites, African Americans, Racial Attitudes
Peer reviewedKluegel, James R.; Bobo, Lawrence – American Sociological Review, 1993
Analyzes data from the 1990 General Social Survey for 1,150 Whites and 159 African Americans to determine public opinion toward race-targeted versus income-targeted opportunity-enhancing policies and toward race-targeted versus income-targeted equal outcomes policies. Results show the influence of group self-interest and perceived discrimination…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged
