A genuine norm change occurred without eliminating racial inequality or policy support

Evidence

The sustained positive movement on questions concerning the abstract goals of equal treatment and integration suggest that a fundamental change in racial norms has taken place (Schuman et al., 1985). This transformation in normative climate, however, has not eliminated race as a concern in American social and political life, nor has it resulted in support for strong efforts to equalize the opportunities afforded to blacks and whites. Research concerned with accounting for these patterns of “progress and resistance” has resulted in five broad approaches and answers. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3335

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Postwar antiracist political norms were not a steady progression — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1112