This study determines the effects of tactile communication in sport on changes in interpersonal relationships between black and white children. The experimental design consisted of three treatment groups each emphasizing tactile, cooperative, or individual experiences in physical education. The control group participated in tactile, cooperative, and individual activities. Subjects, consisting of 235 elementary school children representing four integrated, self-contained, third-grade classes in two schools, were pretested by a sociometric rating scale to determine their interpersonal relationship status with other children. After participating in a 6-week sports unit, the subjects were posttested on the same sociometric rating scale. Results indicated that there is a statistically significant change in a positive direction in interpersonal relationships of black children who experience tactile communication with white children in sport and that there is not a statistically significant change in a positive direction in interpersonal relationships of white children who experience tactile communication with black children in sport. (Author)