The responses of male ethnic minority students to acts of racial discrimination were studied as a function of ethnic identity status, audience presence, and attributions of personal control. It was hypothesized that individuals with an unexamined ethnic identity would be more likely to have explored the meaning and significance of their ethnic…

Reports the results of a questionnaire study concerning the question of black identity which attempted to determine just how deeply it penetrated into the being of the black teenager who exhibits outward evidences of it in his clothing and hairstyles; respondents were black high school students and college undergraduates. (Author/JM)

Reports two studies investigating first whether a structured intervention program can help reduce racial prejudice of both black and white children, and second the strength and direction, if any, of the relationship between black identification, outgroup attitudes and willingness to associate with outgroup members. (Author/JM)

Develops a definition of the term "Black Experience" and analyzes its function for black people and American society as a whole. (JM)

Paper given at 1970 annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges discusses need for national recognition of the special problems and special achievements of approximately 111 predominantly black colleges which are significance national resources and key factors in race relations. (IR)

The student initiated classroom interaction (SICI) schedule was used to measure interracial attraction in desegregated classrooms. Verbal initiations and student friendship choices across race and sex were examined in 41 seventh and eighth grade classrooms in Indianapolis, Indiana. (JN)

Students from eight Baltimore City Public Schools were given the Multifactor Racial Attitude Inventory (MRAI) to survey attitudes towards Blacks in television programs. Results indicated that, although Blacks identified strongly and more positively with Black television characters, there was no consistent pattern relative to racial attitudes and…

Surveyed 117 African American males at 10 predominantly white universities to examine the relationship between identity attitudes and student involvement. Results indicate that greater campus activity involvement contributed to higher stages of racial identity development. Findings support the idea that a dialectical interaction exists between…

Comments on two opening articles by Parham ("Cycles of Psychological Nigrescence") and Helms ("Considering Some Methodological Issues in Racial Identity Counseling Research"). Suggests that the connotations of victimization and racial conflict in the concept of "psychological Nigrescence" are obsolete. Offers 11…

White students can learn about racism without experiencing guilt that can overpower their desire to learn. Janet Helm's model of white racial identity is used as a framework for helping students abandon racism and define a positive white identity. (SM)

The teaching of autobiography is recommended as a means of inducing individual and social self-consciousness among college students. This refers to the study of reflective self-presentations of the lives of people especially concerned about social and civic issues, including statesmen, writers, social reformers, public servants, and literary…

Clifton's collection of essays attacks recent pro-Indian "fictions" (including Native spirituality and the relationship between the Iroquois League and the U.S. Constitution) as politically motivated romanticism and nonsense. The authors are struggling to maintain white intellectual authority over definitions of Indian identity and interpretations…

Presents results of research concerning 102 female and 99 male African Americans that sought to verify parameters of African-American identity in physical, sociopolitical, cultural, and psychological identity. Psychological and cultural parameters tapped aspects of racial identification, while the other two factors lacked reliability and…

Addresses concerns of African Americans about the public school art-education curriculum. A survey of general currents in art education is followed by discussion of specifically African American art education. It can be argued that the most successful way to inculcate respect for other cultures is to teach their art. (SLD)

This paper contends that the increasing interest in Black (African-American) studies can elevate the pursuit of unbiased views of the universe. As Black studies begin to influence existing paradigms of social sciences and the humanities, a more accurate picture emerges of how branches of knowledge were developed. (SLD)