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The Relationship Between Racism and Racial ldentity Among White Americans: An Exploratory Investigation
Author(s) -
CARTER ROBERT T.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1990.tb01455.x
Subject(s) - racism , white (mutation) , identity (music) , psychology , exploratory research , social psychology , racial differences , gender studies , sociology , ethnic group , anthropology , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , acoustics , gene
This research explored the relationship between White racial identity attitudes and racism. Participants were 100 White students from a large midwestern university who were asked to complete the New Racism Scale and the White Racial Identity Inventory. Multiple regression analyses found that White racial identity attitudes were predictive of racism. The study, however, also found gender differences in White racial identity. Results of the study are discussed in terms of implications for developing racial awareness on college campuses.