Race and Political Belief

种族和政治信仰

• 批准号: 8821575
• 负责人: Paul Sniderman
• 金额: $ 25万
• 依托单位: Stanford University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-05-01 至 1991-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8821575&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Race; Political; Belief

All the lines of contemporary research on American attitudes toward the issue of race converge in raising fundamental questions about the commitment of white Americans to the value of racial equality. In particular, skepticism about white racial attitudes raises two questions. First, how pliable is the commitment of Americans to the value of racial equality? Do Americans who support the value of racial equality at the level of principle stand behind it in practice? The second, concerns the issue of discrimination. To what extent do Americans remain likely not only to hold negative attitudes toward blacks, but also to treat them differently and worse than whites? These two questions were out of reach until just recently, since there was no way to study either directly in a conventional public opinion survey. A principle contribution of this research investigation is to develop and apply specific new methods for the direct assessment of racial discrimination and policy commitment. To assess discrimination the researchers ask all respondents about whether people are entitled to various forms of government assistance, with one half the time the person in need of assistance being black, the other half not black. The objective is to determine if there is more support for helping people who are not black than for helping people who are. It may be considered proof of discrimination if there is, since the question versions are identical except for one identifying the person in need of assistance as black and the other identifying him or her as not black, and since respondents, by virtue of being randomly assigned to question versions, are themsleves identical in all relevant respects, chance variations aside. To assess commitment to the value of racial equality, respondents are first asked their opinion about a racial policy proposal and once they have taken a position, they are presented with a counter argument. The test of commitment is the willingness to maintain a position even after hearing an argument for the other side. In addition to measuring discrimination and policy commitment, the investigators also measure an array of attitudinal and demographic variables, using standard measures to enhance the comparability of the data set. The aim is to be able to determine not only if there is racial discrimination, but what social conditions and social ideas are most effective in preventing it.

当代关于美国人对战争态度的研究 种族问题汇集在一起，提出了关于 白色美国人对种族平等价值观的承诺。 在 特别是，对白色种族态度的怀疑提出了两个 问题. 首先，美国人对和平的承诺有多柔软， 种族平等的价值观？ 那些支持 种族平等在原则层面上的地位在实践中的支持？ 第二，关于歧视问题。 在多大程度上 美国人不仅可能对 黑人，但也要区别对待他们，比白人更差？ 直到最近，这两个问题才得到解决，因为 也无法直接从传统的公众舆论中 调查. 这项研究的主要贡献是 制定和应用具体的新方法，直接评估 种族歧视和政策承诺。 为了评估歧视，研究人员询问了所有受访者， 人们是否有权获得各种形式的政府援助， 有一半的时间需要帮助的人是黑人， 另一半不是黑色的。 目的是确定是否存在 更多地支持帮助那些不是黑人的人， 是的人 如果存在以下情况，可被视为歧视的证据： 因为问题的版本是相同的，除了一个 确定需要援助的人是黑人， 确认他或她不是黑人，因为受访者，凭借 被随机分配到问题版本中， 在所有相关方面都是相同的，除了偶然的变化。 评估 对种族平等价值观的承诺，受访者首先被问及 他们对种族政策提案的看法，一旦他们采取了 立场，他们提出了一个相反的论点。 的考验 承诺是即使在听到后也愿意保持立场 为另一方辩护 除了衡量歧视和政策承诺外， 调查人员还测量了一系列态度和人口统计数据， 变量，使用标准措施，以提高可比性， 数据集。 目的是不仅能够确定是否存在 种族歧视，但什么样的社会条件和社会观念是 最有效的预防措施。