Perceptions of Injustice in a Black Community: Dimensions and Variation
研究美国南方黑人社区对不公正和歧视的态度,发现这些态度可分为三个维度:个人歧视反应、政治结构感知和社会制度感知,经济、社会和心理变量解释了10-30%的差异。
Few studies have examined beliefs and attitudes about injustice and discrimination within minority communities. Most research has emphasized the institutional consequences of discrimination, or the racial beliefs of the majority groups. In this study we examine attitudes about injustice and reactions to discriminatory acts within a Black community in the U.S. South. Beliefs and attitudes were found to cluster in three dimensions, including responses to personal discrimination, perceptions of political structures, and perceptions of major social institutions. Economic, social, and psychological variables accounted for 10-30% of the variance in these dimensions in regression analyses. Implications of these results for theory and policy are discussed.