Change in Racial Attitudes of White Southerners after Exposure to the Atmosphere of a Southern University

Abstract

60 students were administered a Likert-type Negro Attitude Test to determine the effects of parental education, sex, and time spent at the university on attitudes toward Negroes. Parental education (college vs non-college) was not related to Negro attitudes. College seniors were significantly ( p < .01) less prejudiced than freshmen. Some interaction ( p < .08) was found between students' sex and class level, as reflected in the fact that male freshmen had the highest prejudice scores, female freshmen were next, followed by the female seniors. Senior males were the least prejudiced group.