Publication Date
8-1-2002
Degree Program
Department of Sociology
Degree Type
Master of Arts
Abstract
Using the 2 000 General Social Survey I analyzed appropriate variables to assess the effects of agents of socialization in relation to the attitudes and beliefs of African Americans toward interracial marriages. Socialization theory was examined and used as a framework to guide this current study. Regression analyses indicated that neighborhood composition is the best predictor of facilitating positive attitudes for African Americans toward interracial marriages. In line with past research, African Americans, despite ongoing discrimination and prejudiced attitudes, still prefer to reside in neighborhoods that are mixed 50-50 (Farley, Schuman, Bianchi, Colasanto, and Hatchett 1978). Contrary to expectations, education, schools, peers, class, and religion failed to be significant. Moreover, 96 percent of African Americans opposed laws banning racial intermarriage.
Disciplines
Sociology
Recommended Citation
Justice, Jashard, "Agents of Socialization: Effects on the Attitudes and Beliefs of African Americans on Interracial Marriages" (2002). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 603.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/603