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Racial Contexts' Enduring Influence on Attitudes Toward Poverty

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Objective. This article's objective is to reply to Rodgers (2009) and to expand on the claim that living near poor African Americans influences Americans' views of poverty. Methods. It first presents additional analyses of the 2001 Poverty in America Survey demonstrating that respondents' racial contexts are consistent predictors of attitudes toward poverty. Other contextual variables are not. Results. The article then presents results from an exogenous shock—the post‐Katrina migration—to reinforce its claims. Despite the widespread understanding that the evacuees were not to blame for their situation, their arrival in Houston and Baton Rouge led to more individualistic explanations of poverty. Conclusion. This article concludes that even in unlikely cases, racial contexts influence attitudes toward poverty.

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  • Daniel J. Hopkins, 2009. "Racial Contexts' Enduring Influence on Attitudes Toward Poverty," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 90(3), pages 770-776, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:socsci:v:90:y:2009:i:3:p:770-776
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2009.00643.x
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    1. Harrell R. Rodgers, 2009. "The Multidimensionality of Public Opinion About Poverty and Welfare Populations," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 90(3), pages 765-769, September.
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