Interracial Public Housing in a Border City: Another Look at the Contact Hypothesis

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The contact hypothesis is reexamined within the context of public housing in a border-state city. Black and white housewives were interviewed in racially segregated and desegregated projects to determine the extent to which enganging in equal-status interracial contacts was related to racially tolerant attitutes. Whereas the finding clearly support the contact hypothesis for lower-income white housewives, in contrast to some earlier studies, the hypothesis as it applies to black women residing in the same environment is not supported. Discussion and suggested explanations of the seemingly discrepant findings emphasize the necessity of gaining a thorough nderstanding of the specific conditions under which interracial contact occurs and examining the meaning such contact has for blacks in contrast to their white counterparts.

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