Gender, Race, and Affirmative Action: Operationalizing Intersectionality in Survey Research

In this article, the authors operationalize the intersection of gender and race in survey research. Using quantitative data from the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality, they investigate how gender/racial stereotypes about African Americans affect Whites' attitudes about two types of affirmati...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Gender & society 2006-12, Vol.20 (6), p.805-825
Main Authors: Steinbugler, Amy C., Press, Julie E., Dias, Janice Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affirmative Action
African Americans
Attitude surveys
Attitudes
Black American people
Black colleges
Black people
Black white relations
Blacks
Education
Gender
Gender studies
Hiring Practices
Job Training
Men
Positive discrimination
Prejudice
Prejudices
Quantitative analysis
Race
Racial Relations
Research Reports
Stereotypes
Surveys
Training
Urban studies
White people
Whites
Women's studies
Working women
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:In this article, the authors operationalize the intersection of gender and race in survey research. Using quantitative data from the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality, they investigate how gender/racial stereotypes about African Americans affect Whites' attitudes about two types of affirmative action programs: (1) job training and education and (2) hiring and promotion. The authors find that gender/racial prejudice towards Black women and Black men influences Whites' opposition to affirmative action at different levels than negative attitudes towards Blacks as a group. Prejudice toward Black women has a larger effect on Whites' policy preferences than does prejudice toward Black men or Blacks in general. In future research, survey methodologists should develop better intersectional measures to further document these gender/racial attitudes.
ISSN:0891-2432
1552-3977
DOI:10.1177/0891243206293299