Young White Adults: Did Racial Attitudes Change in the 1980s?.

Steeh, Charlotte; Schuman, Howard

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ERIC Number: EJ460407

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Young White Adults: Did Racial Attitudes Change in the 1980s?

Steeh, Charlotte; Schuman, Howard

American Journal of Sociology, v98 n2 p340-67 Sep 1992

Reports results of a study examining racism among young white adults using 12 racial policy questions. Evaluates cohort effects and events of the period in shaping racial attitudes. Discusses the effects of education and school desegregation on racial attitudes. Concludes that racial tolerance and liberalism are not decreasing. (DK)

Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Agents, Cohort Analysis, Desegregation Effects, Higher Education, Population Trends, Racial Attitudes, Role of Education, Social Change, Social Science Research, Whites

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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