Racial Double Standards of Morality in a Small Southern Community: Another Look at Myrdal's American Dilemma.

Cummings, Scott; Pinnell, Charles Wellford, I II

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Publication Date: 1978

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Racial Double Standards of Morality in a Small Southern Community: Another Look at Myrdal's American Dilemma

Cummings, Scott; Pinnell, Charles Wellford, I II

Journal of Black Studies, 9, 1, 67-86, Sep 78

This paper reports on a study which applied Kohlberg's ideas on moral development to test Myrdal's classic formulation of the dilemma of white Americans who believe in the essential dignity of man, while simultaneously endorsing discrimination against blacks. (Author/AM)

Descriptors: Bias, Moral Development, Moral Values, Racial Attitudes, Racial Discrimination, Racial Relations, Racism

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Virginia

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