Several pictures portraying varied mixed racial groups of children in either a middle-class suburban setting or a lower-class intercity setting were used as part of a 1-mo. long curriculum unit. White second grade students (N = 128) in a midwestern metropolitan area were Ss. Results indicate that the attitudes toward blacks of Ss were not affected by the curriculum unit.
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