Shocking racial attitudes: Black G.I.s in Europe

David Schindler; Mark Westcott

doi:10.1093/restud/rdaa039

Shocking racial attitudes: Black G.I.s in Europe

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Abstract

Can attitudes towards minorities, an important cultural trait, be changed? We show that the presence of African American soldiers in the UK during World War II reduced anti-minority prejudice, a result of the positive interactions which took place between soldiers and the local population. The change has been persistent: in locations in which more African American soldiers were posted there are fewer members of the UK’s leading far-right party, less implicit bias against blacks and
fewer individuals professing racial prejudice, all measured around 2010. We show that persistence has been higher in rural areas and areas with less subsequent in-migration.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	489-520
Journal	Review of Economic Studies
Volume	88
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdaa039
Publication status	Published - Feb 2021

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