Color Differences in the Afro-American Community and the Differences They Make.

Seltzer, Richard; Smith, Robert C.

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ERIC Number: EJ426555

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Publication Date: 1991

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Color Differences in the Afro-American Community and the Differences They Make.

Seltzer, Richard; Smith, Robert C.

Journal of Black Studies, v21 n3 p279-86 Mar 1991

Examines the effect of skin color differences in African-American society and their influence on social and political attitudes. Finds color stratification persists but makes little difference in social and political attitudes, except that darker-skinned Blacks were found to be consistently less civil libertarian. (DM)

Descriptors: Attitudes, Black Attitudes, Civil Liberties, Color, Individual Differences, Political Attitudes, Social Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: General Social Survey

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