Perceptions of Racial Prejudice Among Rural and Small Town Blacks in a Southern County.

Autor/inn/en	Kuvlesky, William P.; Cannon, Margaret
Institution	Texas A and M Univ., College Station. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station.
Titel	Perceptions of Racial Prejudice Among Rural and Small Town Blacks in a Southern County.
Quelle	(1971), (58 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Black Attitudes; Black Mothers; Black Stereotypes; Comparative Analysis; Desegregation Effects; Neighborhood Integration; Racial Discrimination; Racial Integration; Research Needs; Rural Areas; Rural Urban Differences; School Desegregation; Social Integration; Socioeconomic Influences; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Racial bias; Rassismus; Rassenintegration; Forschungsbedarf; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Integrative Schule; Soziale Integration; Sozioökonomischer Faktor
Abstract	Based on a June 1970 survey of 259 black homemakers (women between 18 and 65 having children in the household) in 2 villages and 1 town of an East Texas county (75% rural, disproportionately high rate of low-income families relative to Texas as a whole, 25% black, and pervaded by traditional southern culture), this paper presents 4 general conclusions: blacks perceive a high degree of racial prejudice among their white counterparts; blacks tend to be relatively positive about the possibility for racial integration in general but tend to be divided on the desirability of it; substantial differences in orientation toward race relations exist among blacks relative to size of place of residence; and many blacks still do not desire school integration, even though they perceive it to be possible and, in fact, it has taken place. In the document, a narrative and tabular description of respondents (age, education, size of family, income) and a statement of the observations, indicators, and data operations lead into the analysis and findings concerning the 4 primary data comparisons (perception of prejudice, desire for integration, perception of possibility for integration, and relation between possibility and desire for integration) by town and village residence. A 17-point summary of major findings, a 4-pronged discussion of the study's relevance, 22 references, and 4 appendices (instruments, distribution of responses, description of the study county, and cross-classification of specified responses) close out the paper. (BO)
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