Equal-status workplace contact measurably improved racial attitudes

Evidence

After the desegregation of the Merchant Marine in 1948, close bonds developed between Black and White seamen on the ships and in the maritime union (Brophy, 1946). Consequently, the more voyages the White seamen took with Blacks, the more positive their racial attitudes became. Similarly, White police in Philadelphia who had worked with Black colleagues differed sharply from other White police (Kephart, 1957). They showed fewer objections to teaming with a Black partner, having Blacks join their previously all-White police districts, and taking orders from qualified Black officers. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1660

After the desegregation of the Merchant Marine in 1948, close bonds developed between Black and White seamen on the ships and in the maritime union (Brophy, 1946). Consequently, the more voyages the White seamen took with Blacks, the more positive their racial attitudes became. Similarly, White police in Philadelphia who had worked with Black colleagues differed sharply from other White police (Kephart, 1957). They showed fewer objections to teaming with a Black partner, having Blacks join their previously all-White police districts, and taking orders from qualified Black officers. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1660

Categorization

• XREF: The voyage-frequency dose-response directly corroborates the vault’s core contact-theory claim that repeated equal-status contact reduces prejudice. — connects to: Workplace claims-making power is shaped by race and gender status. — Ken-Hou Lin & Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, Financialization and U.S. Income…, 106
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 1660; , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1660