The Polls and Ethnic Minorities

Polls have enhanced significantly the state of knowledge about the nature and degree of change in opinions of the American public on race relations. Notably they have documented a steady and sharp decline in intolerant racial attitudes among whites in all regions of this nation over the past 40 years. Nevertheless opinion polls on ethnic affairs are characterized by some deficiencies. The views of blacks are usually presented for the group as a whole without any breakdown by subgroup. Data on the attitudes of Hispanics, Asians, and Native Americans are sparse or nonexistent. Distinctions between beliefs and values are obscured. Indices of actual intolerant behavior are lacking. Shifts in relationships between prejudice and discrimination are not monitored. The assessment of the impact of factors in the family, community, and wider society on racial attitudes and the actions of individuals is inadequate

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• Social Distance Among Caucasian-Canadians and Asian, Latin-American and Eastern European Immigrants in Quebec

  Open Access•Ilona Jerabek, A F De Man•Social Behavior and Personality…•1994

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• Attitudes Toward Desegregation

  Herbert H Hyman, Paul B Sheatsley•Scientific American•1964

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• Attitudes toward Racial Integration

  Andrew M Greeley, Paul B Sheatsley•Scientific American•1971

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• Sociological ambivalence;and other essays.

  Robert K Merton•Sociological ambivalence;and…•1976

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• Social Change and Prejudice

  Irwin Silverman, Bruno Bettelheim et al.•The American Journal of Psychology•1965

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• The Authoritarian Personality

  Melvin Seeman, T W Adorno et al.•Marriage and Family Living•1952

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• White Attitudes toward Black People

  James M Calonico, Angus Campbell•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1974

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• Polls

  Philip S Wilder, Charles W Roll et al.•The Western Political Quarterly•1973

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• Gauging Public Opinion

  Ruth A Inglis, Hadley Cantril•Sociometry•1944

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• The Study of the Negro Problems

  Open Access•W E Burghardt Dubois•The Annals of the American…•1898

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• Scaling Experience by a Multiple-Response Technique

  Robert N Ford•American Sociological Review•1941

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• The Polls

  Hazel Gaudet Erskine, Hazel Erskine•Public Opinion Quarterly•1962

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• Methods in Attitude Research

  Daniel Day•American Sociological Review•1940

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• The Sociological Significance of Measurable Attitudes

  Richard T Lapiere•American Sociological Review•1938

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• Some Major Problems in the Quantification of Social Attitudes

  Robert N Ford•The Journal of Negro Education•1942

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• Sourcebook of Harris National Surveys

  Elizabeth Martins, Elizabeth Martin et al.•American Political Science Review•1982

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