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Covert & symbolic racism are investigated using a two-part experimental design to ascertain: (1) the conditions under which blacks are penalized because they are black; (2) the extent to which covert racism is concealed; & (3) the extent to which conservative values encourage a racial double standard in judging who is & who is not entitled to government assistance. Here, the results of the Race & Politics Survey conducted by the Survey Research Center at Stanford U (Calif) in 1985, which employed computer-assisted interviewing & sampling, are reported for whites only (N not provided). Findings show that political conservatism was correlated with opposition to policies to assist blacks & with support for negative images of blacks as lazy & irresponsible. The experimental results, however, pose fundamental challenges to symbolic & modern racism theories, which contend that there is a new kind of racism in the US that takes the form of racial prejudice plus traditional, conservative values. The experimental results demonstrate, on the one hand, that conservatives are not more likely to refuse government help to blacks who have violated traditional values; on the other hand, results demonstrate that conservatives are more likely to favor government help for blacks who have acted in accord with traditional values. The experimental results, moreover, identify a key condition for the expression of discrimination -- a focus on group rather than individual claimants -- & demonstrate that discrimination is not encouraged by a particular ideological outlook, conservative or liberal, but rather is most common in the absence of any ideological stance. 9 Tables, 2 Appendixes, 31 References. Adapted from the source document.

Cover Page -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Nature of Prejudice: Race and Nationality as Bases of Conflict -- Chapter 3. A Theory of Prejudice and Group Conflict -- Chapter 4. Prejudice and Politics -- Chapter 5. Conclusion: Intolerance and Democracy -- Appendix I. Sampling and Weighting -- Appendix II. Construction of Measures -- Appendix III. Missing Data -- Appendix IV. Instrumental Variables -- Appendix V. Accounting for Measurement Error: An Alternative Estimation of the "Two Flavors" and "Right Shock" Models -- Appendix VI. The Survey Questionnaire -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Based on one of the most extensive scientific surveys of race ever conducted, this book investigates the relationship between racial perceptions and policy choices in America. The contributors-leading scholars in the fields of public opinion, race relations, and political behavior-clarify and explore images of African-Americans that white Americans hold and the complex ways that racial stereotypes shape modern political debates about such issues as affirmative action, housing, welfare, and crime.The authors make use of the largest national study of public opinion on racial issues in more than a generation-the Race and Politics Study (RPS) conducted by the Survey Research Center at the University of California. The RPS employed methodological improvements made possible by Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing, a technique that enables analysts to combine the internal validity of laboratory experiments with the external validity of probability sampling. Taking full advantage of these research methods, the authors offer highly nuanced analyses of subjects ranging from the sources of racial stereotypes to the racial policy preferences of Democrats and Republicans to the reasons for resistance to affirmative action. Their findings indicate that while crude and explicit forms of racial prejudice may have declined in recent decades, racial stereotypes persist among many whites and exert a powerful influence on the ways they view certain public policies