Racial Attitudes, Racial Preferences, and Social Interactions of African American Students as Reflected by Self-Image and Race as a Construct

This study explored self-image and race as a construct among African American children, in relationship to their racial attitudes and their racial preferences of peers for social interactions.This study hypothesized that older participants (7 to 9) would select the image depicting the African American child in association with positive racial attitudes.It also hypothesized that older participants (7 to 9) would select the image depicting the European American child in association with racial preferences.