ABSTRACT

African American public opinion also has a strong degree of racial group identification and consciousness, alienation from or distrust of the government, and ideological liberalism. There is also a tendency for strong support of elements of black nationalism. The ideology of black nationalism is as old as the African American experience in the United States. Harris-Lacewell also notes that feminism, like conservatism, is unpopular among many segments of the black community, partly because it is critical of black sexism and patriarchy. An important question to consider on white race opinion is what impact, if any, has the campaigns, election, and presidency of Barack Obama had on white stereotypes about blacks. At this point, the available research on the Obama effect on symbolic racism is early, ambiguous, and inconclusive, partly due to differences in methods, modeling, and data.