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Helper, Rose – 1973
Through an analysis of recent research, this study attempts to arrive at an overview of white peoples' reactions to having black people as neighbors, and discovers several patterns which depend on the composition of the neighborhood. Stable white areas, black areas, mixed areas, private residential developments, blue collar areas, suburbs, and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Organizations, Educational Background, Ethnic Groups
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Hunt, Matthew O. – Social Forces, 1996
Telephone interviews of 2,854 southern Californians examined beliefs about causes of poverty: individual characteristics, labor market conditions, failure of schools, discrimination, or luck. Contrary to previous findings, structuralist explanations of poverty were rated higher overall than individualistic explanations, and blacks and Latinos…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Blacks, Hispanic Americans, Individualism