Shocking Racial Attitudes: Black G.I.s in Europe

David Schindler and Mark Westcott ()

No 6723, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: Can attitudes towards minorities, an important cultural trait, be changed? We show that the presence of African American soldiers in the U.K. 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 and voters for the U.K.’s leading far-right party, less implicit bias against blacks and fewer individuals professing racial prejudice, all measured around 2010. Our results point towards intergenerational transmission from parents to children as the most likely explanation.

JEL-codes: J17 N00 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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