Black Americans' Views of Racial Inequality by Lee Sigelman, ... - 9780521457675

Black Americans' Views of Racial InequalityThe Dream Deferred\nAuthor(s): Lee Sigelman, Susan Welch\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521457675, 978-0521457675\nSynopsis\nAlthough the opinions of whites on issues of race and inequality have been examined in depth, the perceptions of blacks about these issues have been largely ignored. This book is a path-breaking analysis of black opinions about the sources of their inequality in American society and the appropriate means for redressing this imbalance. Using the results of a variety of national surveys of blacks conducted during the past decade, Sigelman and Welch describe the range of opinion within the black population and account for different views by identifying key influences on opinion formation. They examine correlations among various personal characteristics, such as gender, age, socio-economic status, and educational attainment, and d.