Sigelman, Lee, & Welch, Susan
Researchers: Lee SigelmanSusan Welch
University Affiliation: George Washington University
Email: lees@gwu.edu
Research Question:
Do perceptions and expressions of hostility between blacks and whites vary as a function of interracial contact?
Published: 1
Journal Name or Institutional Affiliation: Social Forces
Journal Entry: Vol. 71, No. 3, pp. 781-795
Year: 1993
Findings:
- Contact between Blacks and Whites does not always affect racial attitudes, and even when it does, the effect is not always meaningful.
- Interracial friendships decrease Blacks’ perception of racial hostility.
- Interracial neighborhood contacts decrease Whites’ perceptions of hostility.
- Both interracial friendships and neighborhood contacts increase Whites’ desire for racial integration.
- No evidence of interracial contact breeding negative racial attitudes.
- Personal contact between Whites and Blacks is associated with positive White attitudes.
- Neither interracial friendships nor neighborhood contacts is associated with the desire for interracial contacts among Blacks.