Putting Race in Context
Identifying the Environmental Determinants of Black Racial Attitudes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3671049 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claudine Gay (Stanford University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 547-562 |
| Publication date | 2004-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003055404041346 |
| OpenAlex | W4213370738 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 108 |
| References cited | 25 |
Prior research on the contextual determinants of black racial attitudes has focused on the effects of residential segregation while overlooking differences in the socioeconomic character of neighborhoods. I posit that socioeconomic environments, in particular, the quality and socioeconomic composition of neighborhoods, may affect whether blacks view race as a defining interest in their lives. I test these propositions with a multilevel dataset that merges the 1992-1994 Multi-City Survey of Urban Inequality with block-group-level demographic statistics from the 1990 Census. The results indicate that neighborhood quality and neighborhood socioeconomic composition work at cross-purposes in affecting black racial attitudes. The salience of race recedes with improvements in neighborhood quality yet advances with greater exposure to the race-oriented predispositions of high-status blacks. In closing, I discuss the implications of shifting residential patterns for the future of political consensus and group-based mobilization among African Americans
Census · Context (archaeology · Geography · Inequality · Population · Race (biology · Salience (neuroscience · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 108 |