Fears of genocide among black Americans as related to age, sex, and region.

Abstract

The results of this study indicate that black Amercans, especially young black males, are suspicious that genocide is the aim of family planning programs controlled by whites. Black women are more positively inclined to family planning. There is altogether an ambivalence created by the fear of genocide and a desire to use family planning methods. This dilemma will remain until the life circumstances of black Amencans improve.

Genocide Fears in a Rural Black Community

“…These findings are generally consistent with previous studies by Darity and Turner (1972and Turner ( , 1973 as well as others who suggest that fears of genocide and negative attitudes toward family planning/ birth control may be an obstacle to creating meaningful family planning strategies for Blacks in an uraban context. Our findings indicate that these feelings exist for Blacks in rural communities as well.…”

“…He recommended a rehabilitation and guidance program for job placement. Turner and Darity (1973) also documented a marked fear of genocide among northern and southern urban Black populations, and found &dquo;that genocide fears of Black Americans are continuing to create barriers to the effective use of family planning methods&dquo; (p. 1034). In a 1972 study, Darity and Turner examined family planning attitudes, race consciousness and fear of genocide among Afro-Americans and determined that their genocide fears were a response &dquo;to a long history of every possible type of oppression which has been perpetrated against Blacks&dquo; (p. 1459).…”

“…These surrogate statements for genocide fear were developed and tested for validity and reliability by Darity and Turner in earlier studies and were adopted by the authors for use in the present mvestigation. SeeDarity and Turner (1972) and Turner and Darity (1973).4. For a detailed description of the use of the gamma statistic in this instance, seeBesag (1980).at UQ Library on June 20, 2015 jbs.sagepub.com Downloaded from…”

Belief in AIDS as a Form of Genocide: Implications for HIV Prevention Programs for African Americans

“…Its first empirical link to public health was made in the 1970s when Turner and Darity (1973) conducted research with 1,890 black Americans in three cities to assess their attitudes toward family planning. Over 20 years ago, these authors reported that fear of genocide was the common reaction toward birth control programs.…”

Guinea Pig Kids: Myths or Modern Tuskegees?

“…For instance, in the early 1970s, Turner and Darity (1973) documented African Americans' concerns that family planning was being used against them as a form of genocide; 39% of the African Americans surveyed believed that ''birth control programs are a plot to eliminate blacks.'' A survey in the early 1990s found that 35% of black church members thought that AIDS was a form of genocide, GUINEA PIG KIDS and an additional 35% were unsure (Epstein 1997).…”