Continuities in Support for Racial Equality, 1972 to 1976
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Public Opinion Quarterly
- Vol. 46 (2) , 195-215
- https://doi.org/10.1086/268713
Abstract
Capitalizing upon the panel component of the 1972–1976 National Election Study, we explore change in white Americans' support for racial equality. Two general propositions regarding individual change are examined: frustration-aggression theory, which attributes change to the stresses and strains of private life; and realistic group conflict theory, which attributes change to the tangible threats blacks pose to whites' private interests. We find intermittent support for the first and virtually no support for the second. Much more impressive is the durability of opinion on racial equality, the insulation of racial opinion from the ostensibly powerful predicaments of private life.Keywords
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