This book presents a sociological study of how and why racial
prejudice against members of a minority group comes to shape what
happens to important political claims and aspirations of the group.
Lawrence Bobo and Mia Tuan explore a lengthy controversy
surrounding the fishing, hunting, and gathering rights of the
Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin. The controversy started in 1974,
when two Chippewa Indians were arrested for off-reservation
fishing, and persisted into the 1990s. It involved the efforts of
the Chippewa to assert their traditional spearfishing rights, which
met with angry, racially charged responses from whites.
Bobo and Tuan develop a "group position" perspective on racial
attitudes that takes account of the complex interplay of racial
stereotypes and negative group feelings as well as the vested
interests, collective privileges, and political threats that form
the basis of racialized political disputes. They explore whether
theories that explain race politics in the case of black-white
relations are applicable to understanding Indian-white relations.
The book uses a carefully designed survey of public opinion to
explore the dynamics of prejudice and political contestation, and
to further our understanding of how and why racial prejudice enters
into politics in the United States.
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