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American Dream / Linked Racial Fate

Terms in this set (8)

American Dream paradox
middle class blacks more dubious about promises of American Dream than less well-off counterparts; hochschild
reasons for american Dream paradox
ordeal of integration, greater commitment to principle of racial equality, greater access to information circulating in black counterpublic, linked racial fate
ordeal of integration
glass ceilings, racial conscience due to exposure to white prejudice, seeing success not worth the same as it is for whites
greater commitment to principle of racial equality
more aware of realities of inequality / barriers to equality
linked racial fate
dawson, african americans with strong feelings of linked racial fate perceive more discrimination than those with weak feelings of linked racial fate, reciprocal relationship
reciprocal relationship
african-americans who perceive more discrimination have stronger feelings of linked racial fate
dawson
linked racial fate has constrained class divisions in black public opinion on public policy issues (e.g. economic redistribution, affirmative action)
class divisions
still exist in certain areas; high-income, well-educated African-Americans are less supportive of black autonomy; african-americans who perceive linked racial fate are more supportive of black autonomy regardless of income or education level
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