SOCIOL 131AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Watts Riots, Group Conflict, Longitudinal Study
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Threat hypothesis: first advanced by v. o. Intergroup prejudice in multiethnic settings by j. eric oliver and janelle. Wong: look at effect of context on racial stereotypes and perceptions of group competition, data, 1992-1994 multi-city study of urban inequality (mcsui, 8,900 face-to-face interviews with blacks, latinos, asians, and whites in atlanta, boston, and los angeles. What about asians: oliver and wong find that effects of neighborhood context for asian. Inter-ethnic marriage should be avoided: symbolic racism: (4-item scale, 1. Blacks are getting too demanding in their push for equal rush : 2. Over the past year years, blacks have gotten less economically than they deserve : 3. The irish, italians, jews, and many other minorities overcame prejudice and worked their way up. Blacks should do the same without special favors : 4. It is probably a good thing that certain groups are at the top and other groups are at the bottom : 2.
