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The Context Of Contact: White Attitudes Toward Interracial Marriage, Bryan R. Johnson Jul 2004

The Context Of Contact: White Attitudes Toward Interracial Marriage, Bryan R. Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

Using a year 2000 national racial poll conducted by the New York Times, I analyze Whites' approval of interracial marriage. I utilize the contact hypothesis, as originally formulated by Gordon Allport, to develop a conceptual model of White's attitudes toward interracial marriage. Specifically I propose and develop an additional dimension of the contact hypothesis, which accounts for the context in which interracial contacts occur. I do so by examining several specific social settings in which White respondents report experiencing contact with Blacks. The contexts examined are ordered in terms of the type of contact they likely provide, from close, personal …


Relationship Dynamics In Latino-White Intercultural Marriages: A Three Group Comparison, Raquel D. Muller Jan 2004

Relationship Dynamics In Latino-White Intercultural Marriages: A Three Group Comparison, Raquel D. Muller

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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