Color Caste Changes Among Black College Students.

Holtzman, Jo

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Publication Date: 1973

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Color Caste Changes Among Black College Students

Holtzman, Jo

Journal of Black Studies, 4, 1, 92-101, Sep 73

Reports a case study at Forest Park Community College, St. Louis, Missouri, which demonstrated some important shifts in attitudes of blacks towards themselves: changes in the status hierarchy based on color gradations of lightness were demonstrated, as were relations of skin color to self-ratings of personal "competence." (Author/JM)

Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Students, College Students, Community Colleges, Identification (Psychology), Individual Characteristics, Individual Power, Political Attitudes, Socioeconomic Status

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Identifiers - Location: Missouri

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