Shocking racial attitudes: Black G.I.s in Europe
Schindler,David Westcott,Mark
Schindler,David
Westcott,Mark
Abstract
Can attitudes towards minorities, an important cultural trait, be changed? We show that the presence of African American soldiers in the UK during World War II reduced anti-minority prejudice, a result of the positive interactions which took place between soldiers and the local population. The change has been persistent: in locations in which more African American soldiers were posted there are fewer members of the UK’s leading far-right party, less implicit bias against blacks and fewer individuals professing racial prejudice, all measured around 2010. We show that persistence has been higher in rural areas and areas with less subsequent in-migration.
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2021-02
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Research Projects
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African American Soldiers, Culture, Implicit attitudes, Persistence, Racism, World War II
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Schindler, D & Westcott, M 2021, 'Shocking racial attitudes : Black G.I.s in Europe', Review of Economic Studies, vol. 88, no. 1, pp. 489-520. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdaa039
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