Black Americans are pessimistic about the state of racial affairs in the US. But so are young whites.

Davis, Jr, Theodore J. (2020) Black Americans are pessimistic about the state of racial affairs in the US. But so are young whites. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (18 Sep 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Fifty years ago the Kerner Commission found that many Blacks felt powerless in the face of unfair racial treatment and categorized twelve areas of grievance that fed into these feelings. In new research, Theodore J. Davis, Jr. finds that Blacks (especially older Blacks) remain more pessimistic than Whites about the state of racial affairs in the US today. He writes that race still matters today, but it matters in ways that are very different from when the Kerner Commission report was released.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States)
Date Deposited:	28 Oct 2020 10:24
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 10:45
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/106943

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