Racial identity and color-blind attitudes were compared among one hundred and forty-two (N=142) college students from a predominantly white urban Midwestern university. Racial centrality, private regard, and public regard were compared between African American college students in a race-specific scholarship program and African American college students not in the race-specific scholarship program. The perceptions of color-blind attitudes were also compared between African American college students in the race-specific scholarship program and African American college students not in the scholarship program.
The findings indicate that African American college students who were not in the race-specific scholarship program had higher racial centrality and private regard. African American college students in the race-specific scholarship program were more favorable to affirmative action than Asian American and Hispanic college students in the same race-specific scholarship program. In addition, African American college students overall did not adopt color-blind attitudes.