Race, Class, and Culture: A Study in Afro-American Mass Opinion. (book reviews)

With Race, Class, and Culture, Robert C. Smith and Richard Seltzer make a significant contribution to the debate over the importance of race and class in determining the attitudes and behavior of blacks. They use survey data from the 1980s to lay to rest the notion that as blacks enter the middle class, they become more conservative.

In addition, they provide a wealth of information on the nature of current black opinion. The authors' main goal is to untangle the causes of the differences in the opinions and behavior of blacks and whites. They examine whether these differences are ...

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