Beliefs in Black and White: How race influences Americans' perceptions of themselves, their racial group, and their national group.
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Mikhail Lyubansky, Ph.D. Roy Eidelson, Ph.D. |
Among other things, we've found 1) that although Whites are more likely to report being involved in mainstream American culture, both Whites and Blacks feel equally “American,” a finding that is consistent with DuBois’s conceptualization of the double consciousness,2) that as predicted, there were no significant differences between Blacks and Whites on national group mobilizing beliefs or satisfaction with the national group’s circumstances. Interestingly, however, Blacks perceived the national group as being significantly more helpless than did Whites. However, the pattern of findings for the mobilizing beliefs measures were somewhat contrary to our hypotheses. The results indicated that Blacks did not report greater mobilizing scores for their racial group than their national group, while Whites reported greater mobilizing beliefs for their national group. |