The Effects of Desegregation on Race Relations

Abstract

This chapter discusses the effects of desegregation on interracial attitudes and behavior that has three major objectives. The first is to show the relationship between implicit social values and social science research and the utility of such research to legal issues surrounding the desegregation question. The second is to distinguish between empirical questions to which the social scientist can provide useful answers and those empirical questions which social scientists cannot answer—such as whether a forty-five minute bus ride is more harmful than a thirty minute bus ride. Finally, this chapter presents an example of the type of research which might prove useful to school officials, lawyers, and others who are involved in developing desegregation plans. In order for a social scientist to answer a lawyer's question regarding the harmful consequences of desegregation, the meaning of the term "harmful" will have to be developed first, by specification of the underlying values to be maximized.

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