Trends in American Attitudes on Race

在当代，很少有什么问题像种族关系问题那样威胁着美国的国内秩序和稳定。因此，政治学家在研究美国种族态度的本质、动态和决定因素方面投入了大量资金。然而，到目前为止，几乎所有的研究都集中在美国白人的态度上。很少有人注意到黑人的种族态度。这项研究复制了1968年在种族多元化的底特律大都会地区进行的一项主要的种族态度调查，目的是发展关于白人和尤其是黑人美国人不断变化的种族态度的纵向数据。具体来说，这项研究将使用过去25年的种族态度数据来测试黑人种族态度的强化理论模型，对黑人对种族歧视的看法进行更全面的理解，并研究这些态度的本质、延伸和原因。对同一社区中白人种族态度的考察将作为一个有价值的比较点。当这个雄心勃勃的项目完成后，将大大增加我们对美国种族关系的性质和方向的理解，并为解决改善这些关系的任何剩余障碍提供更好的基础。

Few contemporary issues are as threatening of the domestic order and stability of the United States as that of the race relations. As a consequence, Political Scientists have invested heavily in research on the nature, dynamics and determinants of racial attitudes in America. To date, however, virtually all of this research has focussed on the attitudes of white Americans. Very little attention has been given to the racial attitudes of blacks. This research replicates a major 1968 survey of racial attitudes in the racially diverse Detroit metropolitan area in order to develop longitudinal data on the changing racial attitudes of both white and especially black Americans. Specifically, this research will use data on racial attitudes over the past quarter century to test an enhanced theoretical model of black racial attitudes, develop a more comprehensive understanding of black's perceptions of racial discrimination, and examine the nature, extend, and causes of these attitudes over time. Examination of white racial attitudes in the same community will serve as a valuable point of comparison. When completed this ambitious project should greatly increase our understanding of the nature and direction of race relations in the United States and provide a better foundation with which to address any remaining obstacles to the improvement of these relations.