The Effect of Social Contact between South African White and Colored Adolescent Girls

Luiz, D. M.; Krige, Patricia

doi:10.1080/00224545.1981.9924367

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“…Sherif (1%6), for example, suggested that racial attitude change could be fostered by establishing 'task interdependence'. Luiz and Krige (1981) used this approach with some success in South Africa, as we shall presently see.…”

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Contact and the Alteration of Racial Attitudes in South Africa

Bradnum

Nieuwoudt

Tredoux

1993

South African Journal of Psychology

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Two generations of social psychologists have described a remarkably consistent pattern q,f racial attitudes in South Africa. Whites exhibit determinedly negative attitudes towards other 'race' groups (Afrikaans speakers more so than English speakers), and blacks, on the other hand, show a much lower degree of ethnocentrism, especially toward English-speaking whites. This 'lop-sided colour bar' is a consistent finding, both historically and across different attitudinal measures. We report results here that indicate that this pattern may be changing, in at least one part of the country. In addition, we examine the attitudes of school pupils in integrated and segregated schools, both in South Africa and in Zimbabwe, for evidence that inter-racial contact improves attitudinal dispositions. Our findings here offer little evidence in favour of the proposition: they appear instead to suggest the dependency of the effects of contact on cultural and normative factors.Sosiale sielkundiges het oor 'n tydperk van 60 jaar 'n stabiele rassehoudingspatroon in Suid-Afrika waargeneem. Blankes, Afrikaanssprekendes meer as Engelssprekendes, toon negatiewe rassehoudings teenoor ander rassegroepe. Daarenteen toon swartes 'n veel laer mate van etnosentrisiteit, veral teenoor Engelssprekende blankes. Hierdie 'onewewigtige kleurgrens' is histories konsekwent, en word met verskillende metingsmetodes gevind. Ons rapporteer resultate wat mag aandui dat die patroon van rassehouding in ten minste een streek besig is om te verander. Ons rapporteer ook 'n vergelyking van rassehoudings in ge'integreerde en gesegregeerde skole, beide in Suid-Afrika en Zimbabwe. Die bevindings van hierdie vergelyking dui aan dat rassekontak min rassehoudingsverandering veroorsaak: sulke verandering is klaarblyklik van kulturele en normatiewe faktore afhanklik.at WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY on June 5, 2016 sap.sagepub.com Downloaded from

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Contact and the Alteration of Racial Attitudes in South Africa

Bradnum

Nieuwoudt

Tredoux

1993

South African Journal of Psychology

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“…Further, shared-coping experiences are probably more effective for younger people and for those who are low on authoritarianism and aggression (note the work of Clement, Gardner and Smythe, 1977). Support for Ashmore's hypothesis is to be found in an interesting South African study by Luiz and Krige (1981). They conducted their study among adolescent white girls attending a racially mixed convent and adolescent Coloured girls attending a 'Coloureds only' convent.…”

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“…Although these results are encouraging, the following should be considered: It might have been useful had Luiz and Krige (1981) included a group of Afrikaner pupils in their study. Most Afrikaans-speaking pupils attend racially separate schools where, due to prevailing cultural norms, they are not encouraged to engage in inter-ethnic activities.…”

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Ethnic polarization in South Africa: Myth or reality?

Heaven

1983

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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“…One such study involved a contact intervention among white and coloured school girls, instituted by Luiz and Krige (1981). The race attitudes of the white girls were measured before and after the contact intervention.…”

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Accounting for Lack of Interracial Mixing Amongst South African University Students

Finchilescu

Tredoux

Mynhardt

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South African Journal of Psychology

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The persistence of informal segregation in post-apartheid South Africa is now well documented. As the articles in this journal issue attest, this segregation is rife in many public spaces, including university campuses. This article explores the reasons to which students attribute the lack of interracial mixing at their institutions. Students from four universities were surveyed using an internet-based questionnaire. The final sample consisted of 1 068 black African and 1 521 white students. Their agreement or disagreement with eight reasons for avoidance of contact was analysed and found to vary as a function of race. The relationship of their responses to levels of prejudice and amount of interracial contact was examined.The first democratic elections in 1994 saw the rescinding of the segregationist laws of the apartheid regime. For the first time since the early colonial period, all races in South Africa were permitted to mix freely, attend the same educational institutions, live in the same residential areas, and have access to the same public spaces. However, the removal

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The Effect of Social Contact between South African White and Colored Adolescent Girls

Cited by 12 publications

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Contact and the Alteration of Racial Attitudes in South Africa

Contact and the Alteration of Racial Attitudes in South Africa

Ethnic polarization in South Africa: Myth or reality?

Accounting for Lack of Interracial Mixing Amongst South African University Students

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