Racial attitudes of preschoolers: age, race of examiner, and child-care setting.
Racial attitudes of 60 preschool children (28 boys, 32 girls) from either a monoracial Euro-American child-care program (n = 16), a monoracial African-American program (n = 12), or a multiracial program (25 Euro-Americans, 7 African-Americans) were assessed using the Preschool Racial Attitudes Measure II. Despite the over-all neutral attitudes reflected by these children, evidence of a Euro-American bias among older children was found. If replicated with a large randomly selected sample recognizing and understanding early racial attitudes may be a key factor in fostering positive racial identity and preventing the formation of prejudice.
Glover
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Department of Counseling, Development, and Higher Education University of North Texas, Denton 76203-1337, USA.
Smith
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D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D002654:Child Care; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D011287:Prejudice; D011822:Race Relations; D012951:Socialization; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*