Political Science, Department of
Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
January 2004
Abstract
In recent years, there has been a dearth of literature documenting a relationship between old-fashioned racism and the vote for a racially conservative candidate or White opposition to various racial policies. In fact, a number of scholars have argued that a new racism has supplanted the old-fashioned racism. Analysis of a survey of college students in the state of Mississippi reveals that old-fashioned racism provides the strongest explanation of White support for the Mississippi state flag. These findings are startling given the educational levels of the respondents.
Comments
Published in AMERICAN POLITICS RESEARCH, Vol. 32 No. 1, January 2004, 102-116. Copyright © 2004 Sage Publications. Used by permission.