A Study of Affluent White Respondents in Birmingham, Alabama, Found

question 177

Multiple Choice

A study of affluent white respondents in Birmingham, Alabama, found all the following EXCEPT:

• A) they generally adopted a post-racial narrative that claimed they were now colorblind and quite unlike the rabidly segregationist whites there in the 1950s-1960s civil rights era.
• B) they had positive views of some of their black neighbors.
• C) they only gave positive evaluations to black Alabamans who they felt were actively conforming to white middle-class norms and expectations.
• D) they overestimated a typical black family's household income by more than 30 percent.

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