Racial and Class Prejudice: Their Relative Effects on Protest Against School Desegregation

The common practice in the field of race relations has been to treat anti-black behavior as an indicator of racial prejudice. In addition to race, blacks also share the characteristic of low social status. The present study finds that behavioral protest against school desegregation is a product of b...

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Published in:American sociological review 1976-04, Vol.41 (2), p.280-288
Main Authors: Giles, Micheal W., Gatlin, Douglas S., Cataldo, Everett F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
BLACKS, NEGROES, AFRO-AMERICANS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS
Children
Classism
CULTURAL ASSIMILATION
Desegregation
Desegregation/Desegregated
DISCRIMINATION
MINORITY GROUPS
NUMERICAL INDICES AND INDICATORS
Prejudice/Prejudices/Prejudiced
Prejudices
Protest/Protesters
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
RACE RELATIONS
Racism
School desegregation
SCHOOLS, EXCEPT UNIVERSITIES
Social class/Social classes
Social distance
Social interaction
Social protests
SOCIAL STRATA, CLASS DIVISION
UNITED STATES, 1945 TO PRESENT
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Summary:The common practice in the field of race relations has been to treat anti-black behavior as an indicator of racial prejudice. In addition to race, blacks also share the characteristic of low social status. The present study finds that behavioral protest against school desegregation is a product of both racial and class prejudice. The relationship between each form of prejudice and protest is specified by the respondents' social status.
ISSN:0003-1224
DOI:10.2307/2094474