Entry:

Zinsmeister, Karl, "When Black and White Turn Gray, " The American Enterprise, 9 (November/December, 1998), 1-7.


Abstract:

Despite the political rhetoric, race plays an increasingly insignificant part in public policy issues. Income inequality is much starker within White America than it is between similar status Whites and Blacks and the ‘race penalty’ is almost gone from American life.

GSS Years:

1990-1998

Other Data Sets:

Public Agenda; Gallup

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
CLASS

SUBJECTIVE CLASS IDENTIFICATION

RACE

RACE OF RESPONDENT

INCOME

TOTAL FAMILY INCOME

ETHID

R AMERICAN VS ETHNIC IDENTITY

RELIG

RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE

REGION

REGION OF INTERVIEW

EDUC

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED