Equal Status Contact and Modification of Racial Prejudice: A Re-examination of the Contact Hypothesis.

Robinson, Jerry W.; Preston, James D.

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Publication Date: 1976

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Equal Status Contact and Modification of Racial Prejudice: A Re-examination of the Contact Hypothesis

Robinson, Jerry W.; Preston, James D.

Social Forces, 54, 4, 911-924, Jun 76

Concludes that many interracial contact situations that are perceived as being of equal status by whites are not perceived in the same manner by blacks, suggesting a modification of the traditional equal status contact hypothesis as well as having direct implications for policy making in school desegregation. (Author/AM)

Descriptors: Bias, Conceptual Schemes, Cultural Interrelationships, Culture Contact, Followup Studies, Racial Bias, Racial Factors, Racial Relations, Role Perception, Social Status

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