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Sex Role Stereotypes Among Blacks and Whites

New Orleans Public Schools, Adolescent Service Center, New Orleans Public Schools, New Orleans, Louisiana

Jim Millham

University of Houston, Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami, Miami, Florida. 33152

The issue of sex-role/social stereotyping by Black Americans is examined empirically in a replication and extension of the Turner and Turner study (1974). Two comparable groups of Black and White subjects rated men and women of their own racial group with respect to three dimensions: reliability, trustworthiness, and responsi bility. They rated the target persons on these dimensions within a work context and within a social context. Little evidence was found for widespread gender stereotyping beyond a somewhat more positive self-image among women of both races. Although several explanations for the findings are explored, it is concluded that the image of the "shiftless" Black male and the heroic "matriarchal" Black female is simply not a viable or general stereotype within contemporary Black America.

Journal of Black Psychology, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1-6 (1979)
DOI: 10.1177/009579847900600101


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