ABSTRACT
The Negro citizenship rights were no longer infringed upon, the Negro's social status would immediately rise as well, and—quite apart from state action made possible by his political power—much of the psychological basis for social inequality would be undermined. One of the effects of social segregation is isolation of Negroes and whites. Racial pride and voluntary isolation is increasingly becoming the pattern for the whole Negro people. Casual contacts are important in an urban civilization. The main effect of casual contacts is, therefore, to create and preserve stereotypes of Negroes in the minds of the whites. In part, the Negro's ignorance is an effect of exclusion from white society. Ignorance and disparity of interests, arising out of segregation and discrimination on the part of whites, increased by voluntary withdrawal and race pride on the part of Negroes, becomes itself an important element increasing and perpetuating isolation between the groups.
