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AN INTERVENTION TO REDUCE COLOR-BLIND RACIAL ATTITUDES IN WHITE COLLEGE STUDENTS

Bronder, Ellen Cecelia
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1468840593

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2016, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Psychology-Counseling.
Color-blind racial attitudes (CoBRAs) have emerged as the newest form of racism. Individuals with these attitudes deny the importance of race and therefore the existence of racism. CoBRAs have negative consequences for Whites and People of Color. Consequences for Whites include poor interracial interactions, increased race-based judgments in education and clinical settings, increased affective costs such as fear and guilt and increased isolation from diverse others. There have been few efforts within the literature to change colorblind racial attitudes with experimental intervention techniques and to determine the temporal stability of these changes. Also, there have been no efforts to measure the practical significance of changes by examining the relationship of changes in CoBRAs with changes in potential activism. A sample of White college students was collected and completed several self-report measures including the Color-Blind Racial Attitudes Scale, the Motivation the Respond Without Prejudice scale, The Psychosocial Costs of Racism to Whites scale, and the Activism Orientation Scale. The sample was divided into experimental and control groups and the experimental group received a race-based video and discussion intervention. Data was collected across three time periods: before the intervention, immediately after the intervention and 2 weeks after the intervention. MANCOVAs were conducted to examine differences between the experimental and control groups, as well as between Time 1 and Time 2. Significant differences were found between groups and the main hypotheses of the study were supported. The results provided evidence that a brief video intervention can reduce color-blind racial attitudes in White college students. Overall, these findings suggest the importance of continued research in experimental interventions to reduce racism.
Suzette Speight, PhD (Committee Chair)
Dawn Johnson, PhD (Committee Member)
Amber Hewitt, PhD (Committee Member)
John Queener, PhD (Committee Member)
John Zipp, PhD (Committee Member)
Psychology

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  • Bronder, E. C. (2016). AN INTERVENTION TO REDUCE COLOR-BLIND RACIAL ATTITUDES IN WHITE COLLEGE STUDENTS [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1468840593

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bronder, Ellen. AN INTERVENTION TO REDUCE COLOR-BLIND RACIAL ATTITUDES IN WHITE COLLEGE STUDENTS . 2016. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1468840593.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bronder, Ellen. "AN INTERVENTION TO REDUCE COLOR-BLIND RACIAL ATTITUDES IN WHITE COLLEGE STUDENTS ." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1468840593

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