Some Ideological Confusion Among Negro College Students

A pressing question of the moment, one which is being asked with everincreasing insistence -is: What kind of a post-war world may we expect? Materials enough to fill volumes are flooding the presses of the country on the subject, much of it written by individuals who are even now in the declining years of life and who have scant hope of exerting vital influence in whatever society there may be. Manifestly, our most realistic point of contact with the post-war world is through the persons who will have the privilege of. making and shaping itthe young men and women who are on the very threshold of adulthood. If we can find out what they are thinking, and especially where lie their most specific areas of mental conflict (in terms of social values), we may at least begin to understand some of the obstacles which they must overcome before they are qualified to assist in molding the world of tomorrow. Accordingly, we shall present here certain data dealing with the social understanding of 100 students in attendance at a Negro college in Oklahoma, Langston University. In so doing we have in view two major aims. We want to report on a set of Social Understanding tests given at this college and to describe the ideological confusion which we have found to exist among our students. And we further expect to point out some of the implications arising from this confusion for teachers of the social sciences

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