Citation

Weaver CN. Hisp. J. Behav. Sci. 2007; 29(2): 254-274.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0739986306296590

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The growing Hispanic population has come into increasing contact with the larger population of non-Hispanic Whites. It is important to understand the effects of this contact on prejudice. The effects of six kinds of contact were examined for their effects on prejudice between Hispanics (n = 156) and non-Hispanic Whites (n = 1,479) who were participants in a recent survey representative of the U.S. population. Both groups were prejudiced, but in different ways. Contact reduced the prejudice of both groups, but it reduced it much more for non-Hispanic Whites. The findings suggested that prejudice between the two groups will almost certainly decline as contact increases. Questions were raised for further research.

Language: en