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Survey Finds More
Prejudice Toward American Indians
By Associated Press
Oct 2, 2007, 22:11
Results
of a racism survey at the
A
written survey of 55 White, middle-class college students in their 20s who had
been in college for more than a year found that American Indians were
consistently regarded less favorably on social factor indicator scales than
Black people.
Researchers
said the mix of the state’s many tribes increased the likelihood of
students coming into contact with an Indian person.
“The
findings support the idea that although overtly racist ideas toward
African-Americans appear to be less prevalent in contemporary
According
to 2006 U.S. Census estimates, 43,364 self-identified American Indians live in
Findings
from the study indicate that although the respondents knew that Indians are
different in culture, they were viewed less positively than Black people. One
aspect was perceived privileges, such as free health care, researchers noted.
Dr.
Dennis Combs, a former UT associate psychology professor who now works at the
“Also,
American Indians may also be subject to a newer form of racism called subtle
racism, which is centered on them as being different, having poor work ethic
and unfavorable,” says Combs, who conducted the study along with student
Melissa Tibbits.
Indians
also are more likely to be regarded with “blatant prejudice” than
Black people, the survey showed.
Officials
with the Tulsa Indian Coalition on Racism, who viewed the study’s
results, say that when generalities about Indians abound, negative viewpoints
are nurtured and sustained.
“People
think we have privilege and all get gaming checks. ... That’s not true,”
TICAR President Louis Gray says. “People don’t think of us as
human; we’re just symbols, but we have hopes and dreams like everyone
else.”
--Associated Press
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October
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Yes, in areas where the largest group of people of
color are not African American a survey of White students may show them as more
racist against that group rather than African Americans. I found this the case,
as one of about 6 African American adults, in the general “metropolitan”
area of 18,000 when I worked at
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