Racial Self-Identification: A Study of Nursery School Children
Negro and white children in racially segregated nursery schools of Lynchburg, Virginia, were tested, through a set of pictures, on their racial self-identification. It was found that while white children readily identified themselves as members of the white race, negro subjects did not identify them...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1963
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The American catholic sociological review
Year: 1963, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 231-242 |
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| Summary: | Negro and white children in racially segregated nursery schools of Lynchburg, Virginia, were tested, through a set of pictures, on their racial self-identification. It was found that while white children readily identified themselves as members of the white race, negro subjects did not identify themselves as members of the negro race. These findings continued to hold when the factors of age, racial recognition ability, and status were controlled. It was concluded that the social milieu played a crucially important part in how young children identified themselves racially. Such a conclusion was shown to have important implications for education in a democracy. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7881 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The American catholic sociological review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3708240 |