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A Zambezia conference paper on South African racial policy during the apartheid governments of the early 1970's. Conference paper delivered at Symposium on Race in Southern Africa, University College Rhodesia, 1972. ; It is almost an impossible assignment to treat, in a single paper, in a competent and satisfactory manner, so difficult and complex a subject as South Africa's racial policy; and the magnitude of the assignment is only matched by what could perhaps justifiably be called the unforgivable presumptuousness on the part of a person who makes the attempt. I must therefore ask for your indulgence and tolerant understanding for the many examples of incompleteness — the many gaps, in time and in substance — that will undoubtedly be evident in this presentation.

Attempts to explain whites' paradoxical support for principles of racial equality & intransigence on social policies aimed at rectifying racial inequities. A multivariate model is used to explore the effects of racial prejudice, beliefs about racial discrimination, stratification beliefs, & self-interest on whites' attitudes toward racial policies, based on data from the 1990 General Social Survey & the 1986 American National Election Study. Class positions were not found to be important determinants of whites' attitudes regarding race-targeted social policy. However, recognition of continuing racial discrimination, structuralist attributions of the causes of racial inequality, & group self-interest all played a significant part in determining whites' views of race-targeted policies. It is concluded that educational programs aimed at demonstrating the legacy of past & present discrimination & the effects of structured inequality can improve the prospects for successful policy interventions. 3 Tables, 1 Appendix, 40 References. Adapted from the source document.

Examines attitudes of Blacks and Whites towards race-targeted policies, such as affirmative action in higher education, racial quotas in education, government aid and spending to assist Blacks, school integration, and equal treatment in hiring; some focus on consequences of political distrust; uses National Election Study (NES) data from 1990-94.

Why are there liberal & conservative eras in Americans' policy preferences about race? In answering this question, I first develop a time-series measure of aggregate racial policy preferences by compiling multiple indicators of racial policy preferences into a single composite measure. Next, I propose a new model in which shifts in the tenor of media coverage of race -- focusing on the core values of egalitarianism & individualism at different times -- leads the public to prefer more or less active government policies on race. I test the model using data from Newsweek magazine & include appropriate controls for potentially confounding factors, such as generational replacement, policy mood, feedback from the policy process, & economic sentiment. 4 Tables, 3 Figures, 1 Appendix, 28 References. Adapted from the source document.

Between 1940 and 1970, more than 4 million African Americans moved from the South to the North of the United States, during the Second Great Migration. This same period witnessed the struggle and eventual success of the civil rights movement in ending institutionalized racial discrimination. This paper shows that the Great Migration and support for civil rights are causally linked. Predicting Black inflows with a shift-share instrument, we find that the Great Migration increased support for the Democratic Party and encouraged pro-civil rights activism in northern and western counties. These effects were not only driven by Black voters, but also by progressive and working class segments of the white population. We identify the salience of conditions prevailing in the South, measured through increased reporting of southern lynchings in northern newspapers, as a possible channel through which the Great Migration increased whites' support for civil rights. Mirroring the changes in the electorate, non-southern Congress members became more likely to promote civil rights legislation, but also grew increasingly polarized along party lines on racial issues.

THE DEMISE OF THE JIM CROW SYSTEM OF SEGREGATION AND LEGALIZED DISCRIMINATION IN THE 1960S CHANGED THE MASS POLITICS OF RACE IN WAYS THAT HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF MUCH THEORY AND RESEARCH EVER SINCE. THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES FOUR SPECIFIC AREAS OF CONCERN: WHITE RACISM; SOUTHERN WHITES; GROUP SELF-INTEREST; AND DIVERSE POLICY AREAS. IT AIMS TO PUSH FORWARD THE DIALOGUE WITHIN SOCIAL SCIENCE ABOUT ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST DAUNTING AND TRAGIC SOCIAL PROBLEMS.