Whites' opposition to busing: Symbolic racism or realistic group conflict?

Volume: 45, Issue: 6, Pages: 1196 - 1210
Published: Dec 1, 1983
Abstract
The theory of symbolic racism contends that whites' opposition to busing springs from a basic underlying prejudiced or intolerant attitudinal predisposition toward blacks, not self-interest or realistic-gro up conflict motives. The present research argues that realistic group conflict motives do help explain whites' opposition to busing. Two major criticisms of the symbolic racism approach are made: (a) that the tests of symbolic racism versus...
Paper Details
Title
Whites' opposition to busing: Symbolic racism or realistic group conflict?
Published Date
Dec 1, 1983
Volume
45
Issue
6
Pages
1196 - 1210
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