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The Effect of Childhood Interracial Contact on Adult Antiblack Prejudice

  • Childhood interracial contact has a significant, negative association with adult anti-Black prejudice and stereotype adherence.
  • Anti-Black prejudice is most strongly associated with stereotype adherence and education.
  • Anti-Black prejudice is most influenced by stereotype adherence, education, age, and past contact, in descending order.
  • The relationship between past contact and age is the strongest bivariate correlation, indicating that childhood interracial contact increased significantly during the last two decades.
  • Childhood interracial contact has a significant effect on stereotype adherence, absent controls.
  • When control variables are in place, past contact remains significant.
  • Second to income, childhood contact has the strongest influence on adult stereotype adherence.
  • Childhood interracial contact has a significant negative effect on anti-Black prejudice, absent controls.
  • When controlling for age and education, childhood contact is still significant.
  • When stereotype adherence is included in the analysis as an intervening variable, childhood contact still has a significant and direct effect on adult anti-Black prejudice.
  • Education and age also have a significant direct effect when stereotyping is included in the analysis.
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