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Social Psychology Dynamics in the Political Arena
Has America moved past Affirmative Action with the election of a Black President?
"Black Employment in Municipal Jobs: The Impact of Black Political Power" by Peter K. Eisinger explores levels of black employment in 43 U.S. cities as they relate to four variables: the size of the local black population, the presence of a black mayor, the expansion or contraction of the local public sector, and the level of education of the local black labor pool. Eisinger found that the size of the local black population most affected levels of black employment in the public sector, and argues that a partial reason for this circumstance...
The second most influential factor affecting black employment levels is the presence of a black mayor. The expansion of the local public sector appears to facilitate black employment at "some very modest level," while level of education of the local black labor pool appears to have no affect on black employment. These findings, Eisinger implies, suggest that city governments do in fact have the power to influence the economic well-being of minorities.
"White Residents, Black Incumbants, and a Declining Racial Divide" by Zoltan L. Hajnal studies the effects of the…
References
Eisinger, Peter K. (1982). Black Employment in Municipal Jobs: The Impact of Black Political
Power. The American Political Science Review,76(2), 380-392.
Hajnal, Zoltan L. (2001). White Residents, Black Incumbents, and a Declining Racial Divide.
The American Political Science Review, 95(3), 603-617.
Obama N. Racism Obama and Racism Throughout history, several factors have always helped decide who was entitled to even run for the esteemed office of the President of the United States of America. Military service, a prominent Governorship, family connections, the number of slaves owned and of course having a boat load of money clearly helped. Of course, this list offered no guarantees of making the short list. The nations' power brokers
Also, viewers may perceive the negative advertising as an infringement upon their right to decide for themselves. Such a perception may result in reactance, a boomerang effect in which the individual reacts in a manner opposite to the persuader's intention. What these studies show, then, is that a candidate is never going to know how for sure how a negative ad may impact the voters. In the long run,
These two laws constituted the real beginning of the end for Jim Crow laws and practices. EMPOWERING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT The civil rights movement may have gained impetus and cooperation among people with differing opinions and goals from what Canady (1998) called the "animating principle," or the principle that got people of differing views and backgrounds working effectively together: the idea that dignity was the right of all men, women
American history [...] changes that have occurred in African-American history over time between 1865 to the present. African-Americans initially came to this country against their will. They were imported to work as slaves primarily in the Southern United States, and they have evolved to become a force of change and growth in this country. African-Americans have faced numerous challenges throughout their history in this country, and they still face
" By 1967, Black Power had become the dominant ideology of black youth as well as many individuals in the working and middle classes. King's assassination confirmed the growing nationalistic belief against nonviolence. The greatest challenge came from the Black Panther Party and its ten-point program of radical reform. The U.S. government were alarmed by these demands, and agencies such as the FBI stepped up their targeting of radical black groups. In
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