With a cloud of controversy surrounding the use of race in the University's admissions procedures, the issue of race relations a popular discussion topic on campus. But current surveys praising progress in race relations may be ignoring the reality of the sensitive subject. A comparison of results from recent and past surveys on public attitudes toward the black community and other minority communities implies that racial attitudes have improved dramatically. Despite these survey responses, Bonilla-Silva and sociology graduate student Tyrone Forman found that hidden feelings of racial animosity toward minorities still exists. It is much more subtle now.
Whites talk about blacks.
Blacks talk about whites. I think it still exists. The survey of about 730 students at University of Michigan, University of Florida, Washington State University and Portland State University found that many respondents' answers to race-related questions were socially acceptable responses, instead of honest answers. To obtain more detailed analyses of students' views on affirmative action, interracial relations and the significance of contemporary discrimination against minorities, a subsample of the students was interviewed. A negative statement about the general character of minorities usually follows the phrase.