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Obama's election changed racial identity of black
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| Article Type: | Brief article |
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African American college students
(Social aspects) College students, Black (Social aspects) Ethnicity (Forecasts and trends) Presidents (Elections) Presidents (Social aspects) |
| Pub Date: | 03/22/2012 |
| Publication: | Name: Human Ecology Publisher: Cornell University, Human Ecology Audience: Academic Format: Magazine/Journal Subject: Health; Science and technology; Social sciences Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2012 Cornell University, Human Ecology ISSN: 1530-7069 |
| Issue: | Date: Spring, 2012 Source Volume: 40 Source Issue: 1 |
| Topic: | Event Code: 290 Public affairs; 010 Forecasts, trends, outlooks Computer Subject: Market trend/market analysis |
| Persons: | Named Person: Obama, Barack |
| Geographic: | Geographic Scope: United States Geographic Code: 1USA United States |
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| Accession Number: | 294821768 |
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Human development professors Anthony Burrow and Anthony Ong found
that Barack Obama's historic election in 2008 changed
African-American college students' perceptions of being black. For
the study, published in Developmental Psychology, the researchers
surveyed more than 300 black undergraduate students on the importance of
race to a person's self-concept (centrality), whether or not they
feel good about being part of their racial group (private regard), and
how they perceive their racial group to be viewed by others (public
regard). The team found increases in all three aspects of racial
identity immediately after the election. "One main message here is
that important race-relevant social or political events can shift the
way individuals think about their race as well as their perception of
how others view their race," Burrow said. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
| Gale Copyright: | Copyright 2012 Gale, Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. |
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