Premium
The Relationship Between Racism and Racial Identity Among White Americans: A Replication and Extension
Author(s) -
PopeDavis Donald B.,
Ottavi Thomas M.
Publication year - 1994
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.1556-6676.1994.tb00937.x
Subject(s) - racism , white (mutation) , identity (music) , psychology , social psychology , scale (ratio) , racial differences , psychometrics of racism , gender studies , ethnic group , sociology , anthropology , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , acoustics , gene
The purpose of this investigation was to assess the influence of White racial identity attitudes on racism. A total of 234 White undergraduate students participated in this investigation. The students completed the White Racial Identity Attitude Scale (Helms & Carter, 1990) and the New Racism Scale (Jacobson, 1985). Consistent with findings in previous research, White racial identity attitudes were predictive of racism. We also found gender and age differences in White racial identity attitudes. Implications of these findings are discussed in terms of the role of counselors in addressing racial awareness on college campuses.