NCJ Number
169222
Journal
Sociological Spectrum Volume: 16 Issue: 2 Dated: (April-June 1996) Pages: 129-157
Date Published
1996
Length
29 pages
Annotation
The prejudice of black and white university students was compared in an exploratory study that used data from 196 black students and two white students at Mississippi State University and 12 black students and 191 white students at Iowa State University in the spring and all of 1993.
Abstract
The analysis factored prejudice into its component types: biological prejudice, symbolic prejudice, and aversive prejudice. Black students scored significantly higher on aversive and overall prejudice, but the two groups did not differ significantly on biological prejudice. However, few racial differences existed in the correlates of overall prejudice. In addition, for both groups the perception of out-group threat was positively related to prejudice, and voluntary intergroup contact was negatively related to prejudice. Moreover, stratification beliefs were a predictor of prejudice only for the white students. Findings suggest that racial comparisons of prejudice should be on the research agenda. Tables and 115 references (Author abstract modified)